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Individual directors at regional transfusion centres wrote letters in support of Dr Cash, recording their concerns about the limited authority of the national directorate.

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Ernst and Young published a structural review of the NBTS. The report favoured a central contracting authority rather than a centrally managed service with direct line management.

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The Technical Working Group on Operational Aspects of the NBA concluded that the NBA should become a central strategic management authority, which should directly manage both the Blood Products Laboratory and the RTCs.

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In Northern Ireland, the NHS was merged with the broader social care system and called the Health and Personal Social Service.

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The health system of Northern Ireland was managed by the UK government through the Northern Ireland Office. They answered directly to the UK government and in general, policy and strategy was developed to mirror English policy decisions.

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The Blood Products Laboratory was transferred from NHS Blood and Transport to become a Department of Health owned limited company: Bioproducts Laboratory Holdings Ltd.

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Bain Capital purchased an 80% stake in Plasma Resources UK Ltd, meaning that Bioproducts Laboratory Ltd was no longer under full public control.

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Creat Group Corporation acquired Bio Products Laboratory Holdings Ltd, of which BPL Ltd was a wholly owned subsidiary.

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The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Sir Louis Gumley, formed a committee to take over responsibility for the existing blood donation service in Scotland.

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By the outbreak of the War, small blood banks had been set up in Edinburgh and Glasgow

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The blood products unit set up on the site of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary to produce dried plasma in support of the war effort was expanded to handle plasma fractionation.

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The blood products unit moved to a new site in Liberton. It was named the Protein Fractionation Centre and was specifically designed for the fractionation of plasma.

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The facilities for the Protein Fractionation Centre were completed.

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All funds for the Scottish Home and Health Department were provided centrally.

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The Common Services Agency took over responsibility for the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Association which thereafter was formally known as the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.

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A sub-committee of the Common Services Agency to be known as the Blood Transfusion Service Sub-Committee was established.

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The Advisory Committee on the NBTS was dealing with matters concerning England and Wales but the Scottish Home and Health Department, Welsh Office and DHSS Northern Ireland were represented by observers.

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The position of general manager was created - renamed national director in 1996 - and the national medical director (Professor Cash) became the national medical scientific director.

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The Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service was established as an independent special health and social care agency, with Dr Morris McClelland appointed as Director.

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In the early 1980s, Northern Ireland began sending plasma to Scotland for fractionation at the Protein Fractionation Centre.

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