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Dr Bevan recalled that at St George's hospital in the 1980s there were between 15 and 18 patients with HIV.

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Dr Bevan held that during the 1970s, the general assumption by medical professionals was that hepatitis was "an inconvenience, but essentially harmless"

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The haemophilia centre directors' annual meeting on 30 September 1980 included a discussion about the increasingly inadequate supplies of NHS factor VIII concentrate.

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In a meeting held by the haemophilia centre directors' annual meeting on 30 September 1980 Dr Craske stated that the use of small pooled concentrates would help reduce the risk of hepatitis in the haemophilic population

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A symposium was held, organised by Dr Forbes and the Royal College of Physicians and surgeons of Glasgow, which investigated liver disease in Haemophilia.

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In a meeting held by the haemophilia centre directors' annual meeting on 30 September 1980 discussed the risk of hepatitis in factor concentrates.

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In a medical study conducted in 1981, Professor Thomas explained that future problems like liver cirrhosis were likely to arise as a result of hepatis.

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Dr Winter described how the 1978 Sheffield study showed NANBH to be a really serious evolving clinical problem.

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AIDS was first mentioned in the meetings of haemophilia centre directors in autumn 1982 when it was raised, almost as an afterthought, by Professor Bloom

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The 1981 annual returns were discussed at the meeting of haemophilia directors in autumn 1982.

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Estimated requirements for factor VIII was discussed at the meeting of haemophilia directors in autumn 1982

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Professor Bloom wondered what the value of giving the hepatitis B vaccine was when non-A, non-B seemed to be a bigger problem

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Dr Craske said he would find out more about AIDS following reports in the US and the possible relationship with blood products

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A summary of all the Annual Returns for UK Haemophilia Centres for the year 1981 were produced.

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The average amount of factor IX concentrate used per haemophilia B patient increased to 26,769 units at thr UK Haemophilia Centres.

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Dr Craske circulated a prospective study protocol. Any haemophilia centre directors could use the protocol when evaluating any new concentrate products; directors would be invited to report the results in a standardised way to the UKHCDs Hepatitis Working Party and to retain serial samples of each patient's serum so a collection would be available to evaluate any new marker tests for NANBH.

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The UKHCDs Hepatitis Working Party agreed that, as AIDS had similarities in its epidemiology to Hepatitis B, enquiries would be made by members of the Working Party to ascertain the likelihood of transmission by blood or blood products and a further meeting would be held when more information was available.

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Dr Rizza wrote that AIDS had caused a stir in the haemophilia world and one very senior physician had withdrawn his factor VIII concentrates from the accident room and insisted on vetting the patients himself before any dose was given. Dr Rizza felt that AIDS "should be looked at urgently if only to clear the air and dispel some of the apprehension that has been stirred up".

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Dr Craske sent a copy of his paper about AIDS to Dr Rizza and to Dr Ludlam

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Dr Craske thought it necessary to have a meeting of the Hepatitis Working Party "to decide what further investigations need to be undertaken in the British haemophiliac population".

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