Was a disaster not an accident, that those in authority, doctors, Blood Services and governments did not put Patient Safety first and that patients were knowingly exposed to unacceptable risks of infection. Andy evans has haemophilia, a Bleeding Disorder. He is one of 30,000 people infected by the treatment he received. By the time he was five years old he had hiv and hepatitis c, and at 13 he had developed full blown aids. No, if that is for me of my remarkable team, thank you. Applause. But you are actually applauding the wrong people. This is your report. Aim i may have done the words, certainly the errors and omissions are all mine. 0ne certainly the errors and omissions are all mine. One of them has already been pointed out to me this morning by one of you. But the words can from you and your stories. I want you please in a moment to give me an applause at least as long and probably longer, standing if you would if you can, to those who are really responsible for what is in this r
at a specialist school known as treloar s. it had medicalfacilities on site which helped pupils lead a more normal life, but also presented clinical researchers with a unique cohort of children. i met three of the 122 boys who attended the school in the 70s and 80s, gary, steve and ade. every new boy presumably was started on a trial. i mean, i certainly did. i went in 75. by the beginning of 76, i was on a trial for quite some time. research focused on preventative, known as prophylactic treatment, which meant three to four times more of the blood product known to be contaminated was given to the boys than they required. if we didn t go for our prophylaxis appointments, we would either get dragged out of school lessons, because you had missed your appointment, and if you did it so many times, you got black marks. they were also supposed to call. the haemophilia doctors were supposed to call our parents, and they were supposed to make that