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A briefing provided for Alan Johnson, the Secretary of State for Health, and Dawn Primarolo asserted that "as soon as technologies (heat treatment and testing) were available to improve safety, they were introduced."

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A briefing from the Secretary of State's Office for the Parliamentary Labour Party asserted that "Action was taken as soon as possible to introduce testing and safety measures for blood and blood products as these became available."

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In his statement to the Inquiry, Alan Johnson acknowledged that the High Court's 2001 finding that the UK should have introduced screening or surrogate testing earlier should have been reflected in the briefing dated 27 May 2009.

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The Archer Report found that "The United Kingdom delayed testing until a specific test (as opposed to a surrogate test) became available. Even then, although such a test was in use in Japan in 1989, and in the USA, Australia and most European countries in 1990, the United Kingdom delayed introduction until the product had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA, and it was not introduced into the United Kingdom until September 1991."

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In a letter to Lord Fraser QC, Tom Sackville at the Department of Health referred to those "inadvertently" infected with Hepatitis C through infected blood transfusions.

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A "Dear Doctor" letter from Dr Kenneth Calman referred to those "inadvertently" infected with Hepatitis C through infected blood transfusions.

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A "Hansard" written answer referred to those "inadvertently" infected with Hepatitis C through infected blood transfusions.

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A "Hansard" written answer used the line regarding "inadvertent" infection with Hepatitis C through blood transfusions.

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In a letter to Roddy Morrison, Melanie Johnson referred to those "inadvertently" infected with Hepatitis C through infected blood transfusions.

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In a letter to Lord Jenkin, Lord Warner referred to those who "inadvertently" contracted serious infections as a result of treatment.

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A Lord's Oral Questioning Briefing Pack suggested a following line: "Whilst successive Governments acted in good faith, the serious infections inadvertently contracted by these patients as a result of their treatment had tragic consequences, and we are deeply sorry that this happened".

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The 2002 "Hepatitis C Strategy for England" stated that some recipients of blood and blood products were "inadvertently infected".

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In his oral evidence to the Inquiry, Sir John Major noted that if he had been told that there were question marks about the best treatment available, or whether patients had been given proper information about risks, or whether there was a delay in the introduction of screening, he would have asked for more information.

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Lord Morris referred to the HIV and HCV infection among people with haemophilia as the gravest treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.

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A Haemophilia Society call for an inquiry into Hepatitis C infection of the UK haemophilia population referred to it as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.

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Lord Morris further described the effects of contamination by blood products as part of the worst treatment disaster in the history of the National Health Service.

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On announcing the Inquiry the Prime Minister, Teresa May, called the contaminated blood scandal "an appalling tragedy which should simply never have happened", highlighting that patients were failed by the NHS.

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In his oral evidence to the inquiry, Lord Horam acknowledged that he was repeatedly briefed by civil servants that people had received the best available treatment at the time.

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Lord Clarke suggested in his evidence to the Inquiry that the best treatment available line would have been a reflection of the fact that more people would be damaged, and the quality of life of people with haemophilia very badly damaged, if they were not provided with the Factor 8.

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In his oral evidence to the Inquiry, Lord Horam acknowledged that he was repeatedly briefed by civil servants that people had received the best available treatment at the time.

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