§ Sir Michael McNair-WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total number of people who received national health service transfusions of blood contaminated with the HIV virus; how many have subsequently been diagnosed HIV positive; and how many have died.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyNo individual has knowingly been given HIV-contaminated blood. Measures to safeguard the blood supply against HIV infection were applied when these became known and available.
There have been 50 reports in England, Wales and Northern Ireland of HIV infections in people who received blood in the United Kingdom. All these occurred before the screening of donations was introduced in October 1985. Of those persons infected, 22 are known to have died.
§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners in the United Kingdom have refused to treat people suffering from HIV and AIDS; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThis information is not held centrally.