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In Wales palliative care is not fully commissioned since the health boards work with the voluntary sector.

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Letter from Welsh CMO, Dr Deirdre Hine, to doctors containing guidance and procedures for the look-back exercise seeking to identify recipients of blood or blood components from donors now known to be carriers of Hepatitis C.

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Letter from Dr Henrietta Campbell, CMO in Northern Ireland, to doctors containing guidance and procedures for the look-back exercise seeking to identify recipients of blood or blood components from donors now known to be carriers of Hepatitis C.

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Letter from Scottish CMO, Dr Robert Kendell, to doctors containing guidance and procedures for the look-back exercise seeking to identify recipients of blood or blood components from donors now known to be carriers of Hepatitis C.

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Graham Barker of the Haemophilia Society wrote to the Department of Health again seeking an update on potential initiatives to improve the understanding, treatment and management of Hepatitis C.

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Dr Hilary Pickles described the costs of treating a severe haemophiliac as "astronomic".

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Within a memo to Dr Doyle, Dr Rejman wrote that he would agree that Dr Pickles that some fundholders might well not be happy about paying for haemophilia patients, some of whom may cost £250,000 per annum on a recurring basis.

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Within his evidence to the Inquiry Jeremy Hunt explained the Prime Minister preferred equity between those with Hep C and those with HIV

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Randolph Peter Gordon-Smith contracted Hepatitis C, which later developed into hepatocellular cancer. His daughters cared for him after chemotherapy.

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Randolph Peter Gordon-Smith discussed alternative treatment options with his oncologist.

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Randolph Peter Gordon-Smith discussed the role of the community palliative care team with his oncologist.

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Julia Gordon-Smith's sisters arranged a team of carers for their father. Julia reflected that sufferers of contaminated blood should have been taken care of properly before it was too late.

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Robert Finch sent an email to Zubeda Seedat regarding the issue surrounding Lord Owen's missing papers.

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Professor Cash had alleged that documents had been destroyed.

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The 1971 "Guide for Departmental Records Officers" set out guidance for document retention and management by departmental records officers.

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A branch reviewing officer would decide whether to mark a file for second review or whether it could be destroyed at an appropriate date between 2 and 15 years after the last action on the file.

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In his written evidence to the Inquiry, Brendan Sheehy (a departmental records officer in the Department of Health and Social Care) stated that "the departmental policy was not to store the papers that had been seen by Lord Owen personally or his personal responses as a complete set, but rather to keep complete 'policy' files."

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The Shepherd Review led to the DRO working with private office staff in the Department of Health to set up a registered filing system.

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During the BSE Inquiry, a number of former ministers who gave evidence were critical about the fact that documents they had reviewed and written on had not been preserved.

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When the Department of Health had to give evidence to the BSE Inquiry they realised that there had been shortcomings in their system of handling private office papers. They took some action in response.

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