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Dr Troop emphasised that the key point was understanding what went wrong so that government may learn from its mistakes going forward.

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It was suggested that Dr Metters be interviewed for his involvement in the audit process, although many, including Dr Troop found this unnecessary.

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Dr Troop emphasised that the key point was strengthening the efficiency, reliability or safety of how a system operated in a way where weaknesses were pointed out and in doing so, avoiding a "witch-hunt".

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In a diary entry from Anita James it was noted that Dr Metters left with files which were unregistered.

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Correspondence between Charles Lister and Dr Troop held that important documents pertaining to the ACVSB were missing.

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Correspondence between Charles Lister and Dr Troop held that important documents pertaining to the ACVSB were missing. Following this, Justin Fenwick QC advised that there should be an internal investigation to uncover why the files went missing.

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Efforts were made within government to retrieve the missing documents.

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Charles Lister provided some further documents to Anita James, filling in some of the gaps of the missing documents.

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Following the advice of Justin Fenwick QC, the Permanent Secretary at the time held that there was to be a quick investigation into the missing documents.

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The loss of documentation and document destruction was described as out of the ordinary.

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The loss of documentation by the Department of Health was described by Justin Fenwick QC as likely being more of a mistake and negligent error over a deliberate one.

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Justin Fenwick QC stated that he and Andrew Collins QC would have advised on document retention.

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Justin Fenwick QC stated in his oral evidence that he could not understand how the Department of Health managed to let documents get destroyed.

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Anita James informed the claimants' solicitors about the loss of the documents where she stated that she believed that there were back up documents in existence. The document destruction that had taken place was described as out of the ordinary.

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The Department of Health instructed Leigh-Ann Mulcahy to examine the documents returned to the Department of Health by the claimants' solicitors in the HIV litigation and prepare a report.

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Leigh-Ann Mulcahy submitted a report summarising her findings following a review of the documents returned to the Department of Health by the claimants' solicitors in the HIV litigation.

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A review of documents by Linda Page noted that 47 lever arch files were located in Wellington House.

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A review of documents by Linda Page identified a further 8 files in Wellington House, but overall 300 documents were identified as missing from this series of files; 100 from 1973-75 and 200 from 1985.

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William Connon wrote in an email that he was "by no means certain that the 47 'files' were included in the self-sufficiency report and I am told they were not shown to Lord Jenkin either. The reason being that they are not actually registered files but folders of papers which were simply found in a cupboard in the office".

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The Wellington House files were described as having always been in the possession of the Department of Health but the 47 files were not properly filed on registered departmental files and the Departmental Records Office files in Nelson were recalled as part of the lookback exercise and a subsequent search for relevant files.

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