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At a meeting of the NIBSC Infectious Hazards of Blood Products, it was noted that the anti-hepatitis B core antibody was positive in more than 90% of AIDS cases in the US. However, there was no agreement that testing for the Hepatitis B core antibody should be included in routine screening of all donors.

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At a meeting of the MRC's Working Party on AIDS, Dr Wallington's application for funding was not discussed, but considered how such projects should be handled, and it decided that applications should continue to be submitted in the normal way to the MRC and/or DHSS.

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Dr Harold Gunson wrote to the DCMO Dr Edmund Harris and noted that it was very important that Dr Wallington's proposed study be put into operation as he feared they would otherwise be forced into the cost of anti-HBc testing because of developments in the US.

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Dr Harold Gunson wrote to members of the Central Research Committee AIDS Working Party to circulate an American Association of Blood Banks' newsletter discussing anti-HBc testing, and noted that UK efforts in this direction would be 'timely'.

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At a meeting of the CBLA, Dr Gunson suggested that the application to the MRC made by Dr Wallington for funding was now being modified due to proposed screening tests for HTLV-3/HIV.

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The MRC Working Party on AIDS met where it was recorded that the number of cases of AIDS in the UK was continuing to rise sharply.

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Within Drs Barbara and Tedder's Viral Infections Transmitted by Blood and Its Products Clinic report it was described how it was not known whether this would be a suitable or effective screen for donors who constituted a high risk of transmission of AIDS.

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The "Expert Report to the Infected Blood Inquiry: Statistics" by the Statistics Expert Group identified how donor leaflets had been introduced generally in September 1983.

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Within Professor John Barbara's evidence to the Inquiry he describes how there was some possible merit, certainly worth considering, of anti-HBc as an indication of past or present infection.

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The World Health Organization produced a draft report which accepted that a test, indirectly related to particular risk groups, could theoretically help to identify individuals who were at risk of AIDS.

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NBTS Advisory Committee meeting minutes reported on "a survey of two studies, at Bristol and North London". The proportion of donations which might be excluded by a positive test in Bristol was 0.75%, whereas in North London it was 2.6%. Dr Brian McClelland agreed to submit a proposal for a further study on anti-HBc screening in time for the next meeting early in 1984.

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Anna Soubry told the Inquiry that the various schemes were very difficult for people to access and very little was being done to change the system with respect to Hepatitis C payments.

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A memo was prepared to Anna Soubry with options for reforming the Hepatitis C payments system.

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A memo from Ben Cole to PS(PH) and the Secretary of State concerned the options for reforming the Hepatitis C payments system.

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A memo from Ben Cole to PS(PH) and the Secretary of State sought advice on options for reform on the Hepatitis C payments system.

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The fact that there was very little political will to change the system with respect to Hepatitis C payments was put forward to David Cameron.

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David Cameron held that he was increasingly frustrated at the delay in the publication of the Penrose report, not only for the sake of the victims but also because he was out of time in the Parliament to respond with any meaningful reform.

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David Cameron pledged up to £25 million that financial year to support transitional arrangements to a better payments system as well as apologising for the infected blood scandal on behalf of the Government.

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The Department of Health published its response to the consultation, setting out its decision to have a single scheme administrator which was only applicable to England. The decision was announced by David Cameron on the same day.

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A memo considered how to address the lower end of the spectrum in terms of payments and managing the expectations of campaigners.

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