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A meeting of the Advisory Committee of the National Blood Transfusion Service was held. There was no discussion of the threat of AIDS.

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A meeting of the UK Working Party of Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis was held. Dr John Craske summarised the current situation on AIDS and mentioned the involvement of homosexuals. It was noted that in the US it was recommended that homosexuals with AIDS be deferred from donating blood or organs. There was no consideration of the UK following suit.

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A meeting of the UK Working Party on Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis was held. The topic of AIDS was discussed.

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A meeting of the Central Blood Laboratories Authority was held. Dr Harold Gunson reported that regional transfusion directors had considered all the American literature on AIDS, and at the next meeting of their committee it would be recommended that no further measures be taken, apart from those that had already been carried out.

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The Department of Health held a telephone discussion with Dr Harold Gunson to discuss actions being taken on AIDS. Several actions were discussed in relation to the approach to UK blood donors.

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Dr Harold Gunson wrote to Dr Diana Walford about discussions on AIDS at the Council of Europe meeting.

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Dr William Wagstaff wrote to colleagues about discussions with the Department of Health and Social Security on AIDS. It was stated that "senior staff at DHSS are a little perturbed that the low key approach being recommended by the NBTS [National Blood Transfusion Service] is at odds with the more aggressive measures being taken in the United States".

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Dr William Wagstaff circulated a copy of the final form of the AIDS leaflet to colleagues.

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Dr Ian Fraser wrote to Dr William Wagstaff stating that the medical staff at the South Western Regional Transfusion Centre did not support the idea of asking donors, on the questionnaire, if they had had night sweats, weight loss or lymph gland enlargement. Further, they did not support the idea of handing out the AIDS leaflet to all donors and preferred to place them on prominent display.

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Dr Tovey wrote to Dr William Wagstaff about the AIDS leaflet, stating he was "strongly in favour of keeping this matter low key."

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Dr Collins wrote to Dr William Wagstaff about the AIDS leaflet, stating he and his colleagues were in support of it being made available to all donors.

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Dr Colin Entwistle wrote to Dr William Wagstaff about their approach to blood donor questioning regarding AIDS, stating that they did not consider that the aggressive approach was justified.

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A meeting of the Western division of National Blood Transfusion Service consultants was held. It was noted at the meeting that Birmingham had produced their own AIDS leaflets and had been distributing them for three months.

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The Department of Health wrote to all transfusion directors to initiate the six-month trial period of the AIDS leaflet.

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A news article entitled "AIDS scare gays told: Don't give blood" was published and circulated within the Department of Health.

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The West Midlands Regional Health Authority produced their own AIDS leaflet which they sent to all donors invited to sessions and handed to all donors at sessions. These leaflets were later replaced by those produced by the Department of Health.

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In his evidence to the Inquiry, Dr Brian McClelland stated that the UK transfusion service was slow to acknowledge the gravity of what was emerging in relation to AIDS.

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At a regional transfusion directors' meeting, Dr William Wagstaff reported that the AIDS leaflets had been issued and centres had been encouraged to use differing methods of distribution.

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At a meeting of the UK Working Party on Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis, attendees agreed to bring to the attention of regional transfusion directors their preference for a uniform approach to the use of leaflets on AIDS. In addition, Dr Brian McClelland suggested the AIDS pamphlet should be made available to special clinics.

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The Central Blood Laboratories Authority Working Group on AIDS discussed the AIDS leaflets at a meeting.

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