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Experience of "unsatisfactory communication, including insufficient explanation or apology, is very likely to complicate the grief process."

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Professor Christine Lee said in an interview "Personally I don't think that faults can be attributed ... I mean cynically I think the patients - the few patients driving this are probably after money actually."

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In view of the second payment to the Mcfarlane Trust the proposals were the response to "a fast escalating campaign", responding to the campaign in a sympathetic way while containing the consequences for the NHS generally.

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Susan Douglas for the "Mail on Sunday" wrote: "In May, I pointed out the dangers of importing blood from a country with an AIDS epidemic. And I was viciously attacked for panic-mongering. Must another innocent man die before action is taken?"

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On the third day of the Inquiry's preliminary hearing, Steven Snowden QC made submissions on behalf of those represented by Collins Solicitors.

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On the third day of the Inquiry's preliminary hearing, Mr Bradley, solicitor for the Haemophilia Society, made his opening statements in relation to the pharmaceutical companies, stating the product caused infections in the UK.

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Various witnesses, both anonymous and otherwise, gave evidence to the Inquiry and were questioned by Counsel to the Inquiry about their experience of infection - both personal, and infections of their loved ones.

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Various witnesses, both anonymous and otherwise, gave evidence to the Inquiry and were questioned by Counsels to the Inquiry about their experience of infection - both personal, and infections of their loved ones.

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Professor Christine Lee continued her oral evidence to the Inquiry in her second day of testimony. She said that she thought compensation was wrong because it suggested liability and that the idea that any decent person would give someone treatment that they knew would cause harm was ridiculous.

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Andy Burnham explained in his evidence to the Inquiry that the government's response was primarily driven by a fear of financial exposure, and that the UK Government had "comprehensively failed the victims of infected blood" over decades.

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In the "Mail on Sunday", Susan Douglas, journalist, reported there was a patient at Cardiff who was suffering from AIDS as a result of being given treatment for haemophilia with blood from the United States.

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Prof Marc Turner, SNBTS Director, wrote their final submission with the assistance of SNBTS senior management, on behalf of SNBTS and the Scottish Territorial Health Boards, in an attempt by the organisation to "speak as directly as possible, not only to the infected and affected but to everyone affected by and having an interest in SNBTS's work."

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Dr Jones told BBC Radio 4's "The Reunion" that they apologised over and over and that David Cameron had apologised twice, complaining people were still angry.

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Dr Peter Jones wrote a complaint to the Press Council regarding a "Mail on Sunday" article with a front page headline "Hospitals using killer blood", calling it sensational and highly exaggerated, causing the Haemophilia Centre to be inundated with calls from worried families.

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The Press Council adjudicated that the "Mail on Sunday" article using the headline "Hospitals using killer blood" was unacceptably sensational and that the article contained some inaccuracies and was unjustifiably alarmist.

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The "Mail on Sunday" published an article titled "Hospitals using killer blood".

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At a meeting of haemophilia centre directors attended by representatives of medical defence organisations, Department of Health and legal advisors of various health authorities to discuss HIV litigation, directors were advised they should agree to act as experts for plaintiffs. If they did not, plaintiffs would have to seek expert advice from outside the directors' group which they said was "undesirable and not in the best interests of anyone".

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Dr John Whittaker believed that journalist Susan Douglas' contact was "almost certainly Professor Allan Jacob".

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Closing submissions on behalf of SNBTS included an apology to those infected and affected.

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In their closing written submissions, the Scottish Territorial Health Boards expressed their sorrow for the tragedy and sincere contrition for the failures and shortcomings on their part.

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