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Dr Collins wrote to Dr William Wagstaff about the AIDS leaflet, stating he and his colleagues were in support of it being made available to all donors.

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Dr Colin Entwistle wrote to Dr William Wagstaff about their approach to blood donor questioning regarding AIDS, stating that they did not consider that the aggressive approach was justified.

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A meeting of the Western division of National Blood Transfusion Service consultants was held. It was noted at the meeting that Birmingham had produced their own AIDS leaflets and had been distributing them for three months.

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The Department of Health wrote to all transfusion directors to initiate the six-month trial period of the AIDS leaflet.

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A news article entitled "AIDS scare gays told: Don't give blood" was published and circulated within the Department of Health.

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The West Midlands Regional Health Authority produced their own AIDS leaflet which they sent to all donors invited to sessions and handed to all donors at sessions. These leaflets were later replaced by those produced by the Department of Health.

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In his evidence to the Inquiry, Dr Brian McClelland stated that the UK transfusion service was slow to acknowledge the gravity of what was emerging in relation to AIDS.

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At a regional transfusion directors' meeting, Dr William Wagstaff reported that the AIDS leaflets had been issued and centres had been encouraged to use differing methods of distribution.

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At a meeting of the UK Working Party on Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis, attendees agreed to bring to the attention of regional transfusion directors their preference for a uniform approach to the use of leaflets on AIDS. In addition, Dr Brian McClelland suggested the AIDS pamphlet should be made available to special clinics.

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The Central Blood Laboratories Authority Working Group on AIDS discussed the AIDS leaflets at a meeting.

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The Advisory Committee on the National Blood Transfusion Service discussed the topic of AIDS at a meeting. It was noted that the AIDS leaflets had been issued to regional transfusion centres for distribution.

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At a meeting of regional transfusion directors, Dr William Wagstaff reported that the response from regional transfusion directors had revealed that no offence had been caused to donors regarding the introduction of the AIDS leaflet at sessions.

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At a meeting of the Eastern division of the Blood Transfusion Service consultants, Dr Keith Rogers suggested a more active approach to the AIDS leaflets.

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Michael Gower was required by the EIBSS to get reports from consultants to prove that a mobility scooter was necessary. He described this as 'a hassle to apply for' and 'quite intrusive'.

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A witness described the EIBSS as "another label hanging around my neck. It advertises my issues about blood".

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A witness described the process of applying to the EIBSS as 'time consuming, demoralising, difficult, dependent on haemophilia centre support and extremely unfair'.

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Karisa Jones described the process of applying for financial assistance from WIBSS "straightforward" and "very helpful".

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Rita Kirkpatrick told the Inquiry that her husband received a letter about the new scheme in Northern Ireland but he then "received no further information" and it was "very difficult to find out information about the new scheme."

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Gary McKelvey had difficulties accessing support in Northern Ireland for his bereaved mother because his father's medical records had been destroyed

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With SIBSS, the decision of whether to select "moderately" or "severely" affected when completing the forms for further payment was not altogether straightforward for some people, such as, Graeme Malloch

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