Just dealing with ill health, but fighting forjustice. I welcome the vast majority of what the minister has announced this morning, and im sure everyone across the house does, but the members of the infected Blood Community who are here since morning will be concerned to hear his comments to the ongoing support payments. Does he accept its not a matter of saying the infected Blood Community will be involved in a Compensation Scheme, but will their wishes be listened to . Wishes be listened to . Absolutely the well. Wishes be listened to . Absolutely they well. When wishes be listened to . Absolutely they well. When i wishes be listened to . Absolutely they well. When i was wishes be listened to . Absolutely they well. When i was in wishes be listened to . Absolutelyl they well. When i was in edinburgh wishes be listened to . Absolutely i they well. When i was in edinburgh i was keen to ensure and i had long conversations about the need to understand the integration of existing infected
The community gave a Standing Ovation to Brian Langstaff yesterday and thats something i will never forget. Robert francis is an excellent appointment and can the minister confirm that he will be able to meet others in this house and can he also, and he knows i have raised this with him. Can he guarantee that, looking at the composition of the authority Going Forward that that will include representatives of the infected and affected, and that they will have the rightful representation on that board . Can i welcome the comments in relation to hepatitis b. This has always been one of the issues of contention, so can i ask the minister to consider some people with hepatitis b have been missing out on the existing schemes, and can he have a look for me to find a way that those with hepatitis b get access to the existing schemes . I know the Scottish Infected Blood Forum has asked that question. Can i alsojust forum has asked that question. Can i also just clarify in terms of Interim Payme
Cryoprecipitate treatment for people with bleeding disorders. They werent asked. Some clinicians explained how they would have adapted their Treatment Practices if fewer American Products had been available and this is not the benefit of hindsight. On either side of the pennines, alder hey and sheffield Childrens Hospital is treated children with bleeding disorders at the height of the aids crisis. Alder hey treated its children almost exclusively with large full commercial concentrates. Utterly inappropriate. Almost all of the children were infected with aids. By contrast, at sheffield, professor sought to minimise exposure to multiple donors by using cryoprecipitate. There was one infection with hiv at sheffield Childrens Hospital. It is still one too many but it is illustrative of the fact that the adoption of different Treatment Practices by Haemophilia Clinicians could have substantially reduced the number of infections. Treatment choices mattered. Take the case of the Haemophilia
Families have told him over the years that they want because they want in this sense of accountability, that someone was listening. You talk about the politics of it, in the report he talks about a successive governments and their failures. Talks about a successive governments and theirfailures. That talks about a successive governments and their failures. That is governments of both colours, conservative and labour governments over the years who have made mistakes, who have may missed risks, not paid attention to the risks and as he said, in some cases, have covered up some of the things that happened. Qm. Covered up some of the things that ha ened. , happened. 0k, ellie price, for the moment, happened. Ok, ellie price, for the moment, thank happened. 0k, ellie price, for the moment, thank you happened. 0k, ellie price, for the moment, thank you very happened. 0k, ellie price, for the moment, thank you very much. I talking about apologies, the Scottish Public Health minister has apolo