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Dr William Wagstaff noted that blood mobiles and blood buses were used to facilitate donations and that "bleed on board" buses were more popular in London.

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A note of a meeting with Dr Patricia Hewitt recorded that mobile clinics collected blood daily and that there were 23 mobile clinics, in addition to there being 5 sessions for the blood mobile vehicle.

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Dr Huw Lloyd wrote to donors on behalf of the Blood Transfusion Service in the North East and Cumbria, attaching a leaflet with information on donor exclusion.

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The National Blood Transfusion Service screened repeat donors by showing them a list of diseases and health conditions and asking them to sign a form confirming they had read it.

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The "Guidelines for the Blood Transfusion Services in the United Kingdom 1989" was published.

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According to Dr Gamal Gabra's evidence to the Inquiry, the Glasgow Regional Transfusion Centre conducted oral donor interviews instead of a written health questionnaire, as was used in other centres. At certain locations, privacy screens were used.

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According to Dr Gamal Gabra's evidence to the Inquiry, the Glasgow Regional Transfusion Centre was producing cryoprecipitate at maximum capacity and could not have increased production.

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According to Dr Gamal Gabra's evidence to the Inquiry, the Glasgow Regional Transfusion Centre provided donor leaflets with information on AIDS. These leaflets were created by Dr Brian McClelland.

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In a meeting, regional transfusion directors heard that much of the donor screening process was conducted by clerical officers and donor attendants. No discussions were held on proposed revisions to the AIDS leaflets.

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The National Blood Transfusion Service form for blood donors was revised, listing a number of conditions including jaundice. There was no mention of hepatitis.

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National Blood Transfusion Service guidance for the selection of donors required donors to declare a list of conditions including jaundice and hepatitis.

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The regional transfusion directors revised the donor selection criteria to allow individuals who had a history of jaundice or hepatitis to be accepted as donors as long as they had not suffered from jaundice or hepatitis in the previous 12 months; or had not been in close contact with hepatitis or received a transfusion of blood or blood products in the previous six months and that their blood tested negative for the presence of HBsAg.

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Dr Jean Harrison, in an article in The Lancet, wrote that medical experts were concerned about whether nurses could be trained to select suitable volunteers as blood donors, and were anxious about whether nurses could suitably counsel donors and answer their questions about AIDS. It was feared that those in AIDS risk groups might be allowed to give blood as a result.

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According to Dr Huw Lloyd's evidence to the Inquiry, at the Northern Regional Transfusion Centre, an "illness sheet" was used at donor sessions to record any recent illnesses suffered by the donor, which would later be used to identify unsuitable donations.

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Haematologists in East Anglia met regularly at the East Anglian Blood Club. When Professor Jean-Pierre Allain, Dr Willem Ouwehand and Dr Williamson arrived in East Anglia, they requested to attend every meeting to discuss innovation in transfusion.

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According to Dr Lorna WIlliamson's evidence to the Inquiry, the East Anglia Regional Transfusion Centre promoted Blood Product Laboratory products over commercial products.

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The Northern Regional Transfusion Centre identified unsuitable donations through the use of "illness sheets", which recorded donors' recent illnesses and medications. These illness sheets would be associated with the donation number and accompanied the blood to the blood components section.

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The Northern Regional Transfusion Centre had a policy "not to take donations of blood or plasma from donors unless at the time of collection, it is believed that the donation is suitable for use."

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Donor staff in South East Scotland were advised not to make donors aware of any concerns about possible infection.

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South East Scotland abandoned the practice of taking potentially infected donations and marking them for review without telling the donor.

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