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The Medicines Inspectorate of the DHSS published an inspection report of Dundee RTC which raised significant concerns about the practice of collection of blood in prisons and borstals.

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The Chief Medical Officer, Sir Donald Acheson, issued a press release referring to heat treatment as a method by which the AIDS virus in Factor 8 might be inactivated.

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The Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre issued a report called Surveillance of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the United Kingdom, January 1982 - July 1983.

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Science published an article 'One Step Behind a Killer' on AIDS which concluded that transmission through blood was likely.

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Dr Walford wrote a letter to Professor Bloom noting recent publicity about AIDS cases in people with haemophilia in the US had "generated quite a bit of interest" in the Department of Health and Social Security.

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At the fifth meeting of the CBLA Professor Bloom reported his impression, following a talk he had given at the AGM of the Haemophilia Society that "haemophiliacs were not greatly concerned about AIDS".

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A leaflet called "AIDS and how it concerns blood donors" was provided to the DHSS for approval. It explained that almost certainly AIDS could be transmitted by transfusion of blood and blood products.

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A leaflet called "AIDS: What you must know before you give blood" was issued. It made clear for the first time that a single sexual encounter or use of injected drugs would be sufficient to prevent a person from giving blood.

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Dr Prentice attended a meeting of the Advisory Group on Hepatitis representing the SHHD. At the meeting Dr Craske reported a doubling of AIDS cases every six months in the US but there was still a very low risk of contracting the disease.

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DHSSNI officials attended a meeting of the ACVSB as observers.

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Dr Smith wrote a letter to Dr Fowler in which he suggested the importation of factor concentrates should be considered by the CSM.

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The Advisory Group on Testing for the Presence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen and its Antibody (the Maycock Group) published a revised version of its first report.

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The Advisory Group on Testing for the Presence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen and its Antibody considered whether to make any alterations to the methods used for testing blood donations..

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The MRC's Blood Transfusion Research Committee was reconstituted and met for the first time.

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The Maycock Group agreed to set up the Hepatitis Advisory Group (HAG). Its terms of reference were "to provide medical advice to the Chief Medical Officers of the Health Departments of the United Kingdom on all aspects of communicable hepatitis."

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A note setting out the terms of reference and proposed members of the Hepatitis Advisory Group referred to "problems relating to the management and prevention of non-A non-B hepatitis."

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At a meeting of the MRC's Blood Transfusion Research Committee, it was agreed that there was "at present no need to screen potential blood donors for non-A non-B hepatitis" but the production of a vaccine would be waited with interest, and that it would be valuable to follow-up transfusion patients previously found to have a raised serum level.

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At a meeting of the MRC's Blood Transfusion Research Committee Dr Gunson thought the committee needed to "justify its existence", whilst the DHSS favoured its continuance.

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At the UKHCDO annual meeting there was a passing discussion of AIDS. No DHSS officials were present.

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The inaugural meeting of the UK Working Party on Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis took place. It was agreed that a request would be made for a member of the DHSS's Advisory Group on Hepatitis to attend meetings.

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