§ 71. Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest number of haemophiliacs who have been infected with the AIDS virus following a National Health Service blood transfusion; and how many have died.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has readily available figures as to how many haemophiliacs have been diagnosed as HIV positive over any convenient period in the last five years; and if he will make a statement on policy towards help for such patients.
§ Mr. FreemanThe available information is shown in the tables. The Government provided £10 million to set up the Macfarlane trust to meet the special needs of people in the United Kingdom with haemophilia and HIV infection, and their dependants.
571W1The actual number of known HIV-1 infected haemophiliacs may be greater as some may have been included in the undetermined exposure category.
2Yearly figures not available centrally.
2. Cumulative number of haemophiliacs with AIDS known to have died in the United Kingdom by 30 September 1989 Number 102