HC Deb 24 June 1992 vol 210 cc204-5W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she will publish the findings of the study undertaken by the North London Blood Transfusions Service on behalf of her Department, into the risks associated with blood transfusions involving human T-cell leukaemia; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Sackville

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Wakefield (Mr. Hinchliffe) on 15 June at columns415–16.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list, by regional health authority for the last four years, the number of cases of cancer that have been reported associated with the virus human T-cell leukaemia; and if she will show in her answer the percentage of those cases that proved fatal.

Mr. Sackville

This information is not available centrally.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of patients who receive white cell blood transfusions that have not been screened for human T-cell leukaemia.

Mr. Sackville

We are not aware of any general medical opinion that such a study would he beneficial.

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