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SIBSS was established, to be administered by the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service, and began operations on 1 April 2017.

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The AHO's system was intended to make ex-gratia payments, but were not intended to be compensatory.

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Samantha Baker (the team leader with overall responsibility for infected blood within the Scottish Government's Health Protection Division) told the Inquiry that parity had not been a prominent part of the regular four nations' meetings until 2019.

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Martin Bell, director of NHS Scotland, was against introducing additional bureaucracy which might potentially slow anything down.

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Samantha Baker agreed in her oral evidence to the Inquiry that by mid 2020 there had not been much progress over the previous year: "the UK Government hadn't been able to secure any additional funding so that there was a lack of progress as a result of that and things weren't progressing as quickly as we'd expected" [regarding the payment schemes].

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By the end of 2020 there had been no significant progress or developments regarding the achievement of parity.

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In Scotland, in March 2021, there was a move towards greater parity.

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In Scotland, Martin Bell of the SIBSS confirmed that SIBSS would assist applicants in making a claim by speaking to the GP or health board to access records to support an applicant's claim.

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The proposals made by the Financial Review Group were accepted by Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport, in March 2016.

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Inquiry updates guidance for criticism in final report

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Inquiry publishes supplementary report on virology

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Newsletter

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Evidence Based Blood Transfusion Agenda of symposium hosted by UK CMOs was attended by transfusion experts, clinicians, NHS managers and health authority chief executives across the UK.

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The CMO's National Blood Transfusion Committee was established for England and North Wales to encourage good local blood transfusion practice and implementation of national transfusion guidelines.

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A review was undertaken about the practice of single-unit transfusions which noted that the practice of single-unit transfers incurred the risk of transmitting infection, amongst other risks.

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Memo from Dr McGovern outlined a new open and up-front partnership between the UK NHS blood services and the public based on the recognition that the safety of blood cannot be guaranteed and that avoiding transfusion wherever possible must be an aim of clinical care.

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The 1954 edition of Notes on Transfusion noted that a transfusion should never be given without a definite indication

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Expert Report to the Infected Blood Inquiry on Bleeding and Blood Disorders noted that tranexamic acid is effective in major trauma and was sometimes used in the 1970s in dental extractions and peri-operative settings for the treatment of people with bleeding disorders.

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Department of Health's Notes on Transfusion for 1973 noted that a transfusion should never be given without a definite indication. The same text was published in the earlier Notes on Transfusion for 1963.

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Williamson et al's editorial titled 'A SHOT in the arm for safer blood transfusion' outlined a new surveillance system for transfusion hazards

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