Evidence
The hearing transcripts include links to images of all the documents referred to during the hearings.
Supplementary evidence
From time to time matters arise during the oral hearings which lead to the production of further evidence. These documents are listed below.
Latest additions -
21/05/2013 - Statistics - Information requested by the Inquiry following the Procedural Hearing on 29 October 2012
21/05/2013 - Topic B2 - The Inquiry made contact with Dr Willoughby and has obtained a statement from him
| Name of witness | Topic | Date of hearing | Description of request | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n/a | Mrs O'Hara | Day 3 | Letter of 25 August 2011 - from Dr Rachel Green to Tracey Turnbull, NHS Central Legal Office - In response to Chairman's request for further information concerning the inability to trace the relevant donors of the transfusions received by Mrs O'Hara due to the absence of Glasgow Royal Infirmary records, which could have enabled cross referencing to SNBTS pack numbers. | Letter, 25 August 2011, Dr Rachel Green to Tracey Turnbull [PDF - 75Kb] |
n/a | Mr Tamburrini | n/a | After the conclusion of the hearings into the death of the late Mr Victor Tamburrini the Inquiry received four affidavits from Mr Tamburrini's family and friends. | Affidavit of Mrs Jean Tamburrini [PDF - 120Kb] |
Professor Goldberg | Statistics | Day 6 | During Professor Goldberg's evidence Inquiry Counsel reported that the Skipton Fund had made 636 payments to people in Scotland. The Inquiry has recently been in contact with the Fund to establish the latest position. The Fund reports that payments have been made to 670 people in Scotland. | |
Professor Goldberg | Statistics | Day 89 | During the closing hearing on 30 March 2012, Counsel to the Inquiry reported that work was continuing on the statistics topic. Further information on Hepatitis C infection through blood transfusion has now been received from Professor Goldberg and his colleagues. | Prof Goldberg and Dr Schnier's paper [PDF - 632Kb] |
Dr Hay | Statistics | Day 89 | During the closing hearing on 30 March 2012, Counsel to the Inquiry reported that work was continuing on the statistics topic. Further information from the UK National Haemophilia Database has now been provided to the Inquiry | Prof Hay's letter of 17/04/2012 to the Inquiry [PDF - 86Kb] |
n/a | Statistics | Procedural Hearing | The Inquiry held a Procedural Hearing on Monday 29 October 2012 to consider a request that further oral evidence should be taken on the topic of Statistics. In his written decision following that hearing Lord Penrose concluded that there were issues on which it was appropriate to have further information, but that these matters could be dealt with in writing. | Questions for Drs Gillon and McClelland 28/11/2012 [PDF - 69Kb] |
Professor Ludlam | B2 | Day 18 | On Day 18 Professor Ludlam was asked about Professor Bloom’s letter of 04/05/83 to the members of the Haemophilia Society, and there was discussion of the information that Professor Bloom might have had available when writing that letter. | |
Dr McClelland | B2 | Day 21 | During his evidence Dr McClelland speculated that there might have been SHHD attendance at the meeting of the Biologicals Sub-Committee of the Committee on the Safety of Medicines held on 13 July 1983. The Scottish Government has investigated this and can find no evidence that any SHHD officials attended on that date. | |
Dr Foster | B2 | Day 22 | Special application on behalf of SNBTS to allow an addendum to the SNBTS briefing paper Self-sufficiency and the supply of blood products [PDF - 5Mb] to be received in evidence. | Addendum to SNBTS Briefing Paper [PDF - 500Kb] |
Dr Boulton | B2 | Day 24 | Dr McClelland's response to request from Inquiry team for clarification of point made by Dr Boulton about American visitors to Edinburgh who wished to give blood in 1982. | Request for information from Dr Brian McClelland [PDF - 33Kb] |
n/a | C1 | Day 24 | Inquiry Counsel undertook to investigate any reports by HM Inspector of Prisons (HMIP) about drug use among prisoners. | Inquiry note - Extracts from reports [PDF - 215Kb] |
Professor Cash | B2 | Day 25 | 1991 correspondence from the BMJ concerning the Department of Health's 1990 definition of Self-Sufficiency. Referred to by Professor Cash at Page 94 of the transcript. | |
n/a | B2 | n/a | In late 2012 the Inquiry was able to establish contact with Dr Willoughby, consultant in haematology at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill) from 1963 to 1983. Dr Willoughby provided a brief statement to the Inquiry, followed by a second statement responding to questions from the Inquiry. | Dr Willoughby's initial statement [PDF - 109Kb] |
Professor Leen | B6 | Day 33 | At the end of Professor Leen's evidence it was agreed that the representatives of patients, relatives and the Haemophilia Society could put some further, written, questions to the witness if necessary. This was later done and responses were received from Professor Leen. | |
Mrs Christina Leitch | B5 and B6 | Day 38 | Special Application on behalf of Scottish Health Boards to allow supplementary comments from Professor Hann to be received in evidence. | |
Mrs Christina Leitch | B5 and B6 | Day 38 | Special Application on behalf of Scottish Health Boards to allow supplementary comments from Dr Pettigrew to be received in evidence. | Dr Pettigrew's comments on Mrs Leitch's evidence [PDF - 101Kb] |
Professor Lowe | B5 | Day 39 | Special Application on behalf of Scottish Health Boards to allow an addendum to Professor Lowe's evidence on Topic B5 to be received in evidence. | |
Professor Lowe | B5 | Day 40 | Information about policies on pre-test counselling for HTLV-III and on testing for hepatitis at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. | |
n/a | B4 and C3 | Day 51 | Special application on behalf of the Scottish Ministers to allow additional statements from Alexander Murray and Hugh Morrison concerning the relationship between the Scottish Home and Health Department and the Common Services Agency to be received in evidence. Granted by Lord Penrose. | Mr Murray's additional statement [PDF - 466Kb] |
Professor Ludlam | C3a | Day 55 | Special application on behalf of Scottish Ministers to allow comment from Dr Iain Macdonald on the role of the Chief Medical Officer in giving guidance to be received in evidence. | |
Professor Ludlam | C3a | Day 55 | Professor Ludlam was asked about the number of people first treated in Scotland with a blood product between 01/09/1985 and 30/06/1987. The Inquiry’s Preliminary Report (para 9.326) gave a figure of 31, based on the note of a meeting between Scottish Executive officials and haemophilia directors on 10/02/00. Note of meeting [PDF - 444Kb] | |
Dr Smith | C3 | Day 60 | On 15/12/11 Dr Smith sent the Inquiry a supplementary statement to clarify aspects of his C3 evidence. | |
Professor van Aken | C3 | Day 62 | Special application on behalf of SNBTS to allow an additional witness statement from Dr Peter Foster to be received in evidence, clarifying aspects of Professor van Aken's evidence. | Dr Foster's additional statement [PDF - 131Kb] |
Dr McClelland | C2 | Day 63 | Following the conclusion of his evidence on Topic C2, Dr McClelland was asked to provide a further response to one of the questions he had been asked to address in his original statement. | |
Dr Forrester | C2 | Day 66 | Special application on behalf of Scottish Ministers to allow an email from Dr Forrester to be received in evidence. | |
Professor Cash | C4 | Day 82 | The Inquiry asked Dr McClelland for any comments that he might have on Professor Cash's evidence. | |
Dr Mitchell | B2 | n/a | Dr Mitchell's response to questions posed to him on the B2 topic after the conclusion of B2 hearings. | Request for information from Dr Ruthven Mitchell [PDF - 225Kb] |
Professor Ludlam | B6 | n/a | Special application on behalf of Scottish Health Boards to allow note of discussions regarding HIV Antibody Positive Haemophiliacs dated March 30 - April 13 1988 to be received in evidence. | |
n/a | C1 | n/a | After the conclusion of hearings on Topic C1 the Inquiry received a document from the SNBTS dated 15/03/11 'Collection of Blood in Prisons'. | |
n/a | C1 | n/a | The Inquiry has taken a statement from Mrs Rosalind Prior, who worked for the SNBTS as a Mobile Team Assistant between 1969 and 1974. | |
n/a | n/a | n/a | Details of membership of the Haemophilia Society's Medical Advisory Panel between 1983 and 1989. | Request from Inquiry [PDF - 37Kb] |
n/a | Recovery of documents | n/a | On 17 September 2009 Lord Penrose served a notice under section 21 of the Inquiries Act 2005 on Scottish Ministers requiring production of all documents in their custody or under their control relating to the Inquiry's Terms of Reference and dating from the period from 1 January 1974 to 31 December 2006. In response to that notice Ministers produced over 37,000 documents to the Inquiry. Two officials from the Scottish Government, Ben Plouviez and Nancy Woodhead, have been asked to provide written witness statements in relation to the procedures for the identification and production of those documents and to explain the position as regards documents that have been destroyed or are being withheld by reason of legal professional privilege. | Section 21 Notice [PDF - 221Kb] |
n/a | Recovery of documents | n/a | On 2 October 2009 Lord Penrose served a notice under section 21 of the Inquiries Act 2005 on the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service requiring the production of 482 Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service files listed in the Appendix to the Notice. The 482 files in question were selected by Inquiry team from an index, referred to as "the documentation account", which had been prepared by SNBTS in anticipation of requests for production of documents from its records. In view of the importance of the documentation account in the identification of the files to be produced to the Inquiry a request was made to SNBTS for a witness statement on various issues arising in relation to its preparation. Such a statement has been provided by Neil Billing, the SNBTS Public Inquiry Team Co-ordinator. | Section 21 Notice [PDF - 97Kb] |
Professor Ludlam | n/a | n/a | Professor Ludlam has submitted comments to the Inquiry on Chapter 10 of the Preliminary Report. | Professor Ludlam's paper [PDF - 142Kb] |