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Dr Peter Hamilton stated that: "Because of the considerable stigmatisation of patients with Haemophilia and acutely in those with HIV...it is my recollection that Dr Jones had come to an accommodation with the Newcastle Coroner to refrain from writing HIV/AIDS on the Death Certificate..."

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In his written evidence to the Inquiry, John Peaty noted with regard to the inquest into the death of Stuart Fuller that once the Department of Health were invited to become party to the inquest it was noticeable that the long-held government line of 'the risks were not known and benefits of treatment far outweighed any risk' became the prominent view.

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In Philip Cuthbert's written statement, he stated that his father's death certificate not referring to AIDS, HIV, Hepatitis C "or even haemophilia" amounted to them "trying to cover up the truth" even on his death certificate.

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Pursuant to Inquests and Post-Mortem Examinations 1963, in Northern Ireland the coroner or jury was not precluded from making a recommendation to prevent the recurrence of fatalities similar to that in respect of which the inquest was being held.

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Instructions issued to Registrars of death informed them not to enquire about how HIV was contracted if it was included on the death certificate.

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In his statement to the Inquiry, Mark Flynn, for the General Register Office, stated that during the relevant period "A death from infected blood would be, and would have been, considered to be unnatural and therefore requiring referral to a coroner."

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A memo from W Jenkins to Dr Ashley relayed concerns about unsatisfactory causes of death being accepted by registrars and the need for adequate training for junior house officers.

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The Office for National Statistics and HM Passport Office issued guidance to clinicians in England and Wales for completing a medical certificate of cause of death.

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A letter from Michael Burgess to Dr McCormick expressed concern that doctors might deliberately omit all or any reference to AIDS or HIV as being the (or an) underlying or contributory cause, even if fully aware of it. He stated that he understood that might be due to stigma for the family of having that on the certificate. Thus, a certificate was issued which was, on the face of it, incorrect.

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A letter from the General Register Office to Hazel Smith firmly rejected the proposal of the doctor stating the cause of death as the opportunistic infection rather than AIDS or HIV. He stated that the certificate had to be in its prescribed format and doctors who deliberately concealed information relating to a cause of death were acting unlawfully.

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In the narrative verdict for Stuart Fuller it was held that: "the HIV infection resulted from the administration of imported blood products from the United States of America administered between June 1981 and April 1982. At the time that the blood products were given to him the risks of infection were not known and the benefit of such products far outweighed the risks of infection".

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The West Sussex policy document, "Control of Viral Hepatitis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections", stated that "Confidentiality must be maintained as in life. It may be appropriate to complete the death certificate in more general diagnostic terms. In this case the box offering 'further information' must be ticked."

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In Nina Douglas' written statement she said that her mother pleaded with the registrar to remove AIDS from the death certificate of her father.

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In her written statement, Rita Wood said that the family asked the doctors to keep HIV off her husband's death certificate because of the stigma involved.

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Brian Hallwood's death certificate recorded bronchopneumonia and haemophilia, and pneumonia and haemophilia as the causes of death.

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Stephen Hallwood's death certificate recorded bronchopneumonia and haemophilia, and pneumonia and haemophilia as the causes of death.

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In her oral evidence to the Inquiry, Susan Hallwood said that it was not haemophilia that killed her sons - it was AIDS and AIDS should have been on the death certificates.

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In her oral evidence to the Inquiry, Lauren Palmer said that the death certificates of her parents did not record their real cause of death - HIV/AIDS, as "back then it was maybe something that would be for the best", but now "we need the truth out there."

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In her written statement, Irene Fitzpatrick explained that when her son, Gary, was reaching the end of his life a doctor said she would get reporters at her door if the death certificate said that Gary had died from HIV. She further said: "I was lucky Gary died at home because the GP came round and he agreed that HIV should be stated on the death certificate as the cause of his death."

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Denise and Colin Turton's son Lee's death certificate made no reference to AIDS; instead the cause of death was given as "Ia pneumonia II Haemophilia".

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