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Christine Dora replied to John Aldridge stating that she hoped the ministers would not decide on compensation for those infected with Hepatitis C.

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Susan Deacon wrote to Lord Philip Hunt regarding her understanding that the Department of Health was considering proposals by the National Blood Authority to settle claims brought under the Consumer Protection Act litigation by 113
people infected through transfusion and expressed concern that any decision in England was bound to result in pressure to settle in similar terms in Scotland and asked if a common approach could be developed.

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Christine Dora invited the Minister for Health and Community Care to further consider the issue of possible provision of financial help to haemophiliacs infected through blood products.

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Christine Dora produced her draft report, Hepatitis C and heat treatment of blood products for haemophiliacs in the mid 1980s.

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The draft HCV/Haemophilia Report was provided to SNBTS and to haemophilia clinicians to enable them to comment and comments were received from them.

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Christine Dora wrote to Kate Cunningham stating that she would prefer for the Haemophilia Society to have advance sight of the final report on Hepatitis C and heat treatment of blood products for haemophiliacs in the mid 1980s by a few days.

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Margaret Smith MSP wrote to Susan Deacon asking on behalf of the Health and Community Care Committee that the inquiry extend their remit to include non-haemophiliacs who contracted Hepatitis C through contaminated blood products.

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Susan Deacon rejected the request to widen the scope of the inquiry.

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Letter from Margaret Smith to Susan Deacon querying the reasons for the narrow remit of the investigation and for the exclusion of those infected through transfusion.

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Letter from Karin Pappenheim to Susan Deacon voicing the concerns of the haemophilia community about the delay in producing the report.

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Submission from Christine Dora which sought the Minister's agreement to release the Report on Hepatitis C and the Heat Treatment of Blood Products for Haemophiliacs in the Mid 1980s on 5 July.

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A further submission and proposed final report on Haemophilia/Hepatitis C were sent by Christine Dora to Susan Deacon.

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The Scottish Executive wrote on Susan Deacon's behalf to the Health and Community Care Committee asserting that some people were given blood in the 1970s and 1980s "which no-one could know was infected; the blood was as safe as the medical knowledge of the day allowed".

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Susan Deacon wrote to Andrew Welsh MSP noting that the report on Hepatitis C and heat treatment of blood products for haemophiliacs in the mid 1980s did not find evidence that Haemophilia Centre Directors deliberately mislead patients about risks of hepatitis.

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The Haemophilia Society's briefing on the Scottish Executive's report on Hepatitis C and heat treatment of blood products for haemophiliacs in the mid 1980s suggested that an internal inquiry had not been carried out in an open and transparent manner.

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Susan Deacon declined the Haemophilia Society's request for a meeting.

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Bruce Norval described the Scottish Executive's report as "insulting" because "it seemed to just accept the opinion of doctors without taking account of the evidence of haemophiliacs and their families."

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According to Dr Keel the remit of the Hepatitis C report was governed by the Haemophilia Society's wishes.

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Dr Keel criticised the Health and Care Committee's observations on the report's remit which she said did not acknowledge that the Haemophilia Society were fully signed up to its terms before commencing the report.

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Susan Deacon was quoted in the press statement that accompanied the report as stating there was no evidence that the relevant authorities did anything other than their best for patients.

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