§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people died in each of the last five years as a result of contamination by blood products(a) from HIV/AIDS, (b) from hepatitis C and (c) co-infected with HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C; and how many who were found to be suffering from each such contamination in each of those years remain alive. [142588]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe number of haemophilia patients infected with HIV/AIDS from infected national health service blood products registered with the Macfarlane Trust who have died in the last five years are shown in the table.
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Number 1998 22 1999 19 2000 24 2001 13 2002 12 The total number of registrants who remain alive is 397.
Information on the total number of patients who have died in each of the last five years from hepatitis C as a result of infection through NHS blood products and the number who remain alive in each of those years is not collected.
The figure on the total number of patients co-infected with HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C who have died in each of the last five years is not collected. The latest information from the United Kingdom Haemophilia Centre Doctors Organisations shows the total number of co-infected patients alive at 1 January 2000 is 469.
§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make a statement on deaths of people with haemophilia from hepatitis as a result of receiving contaminated transmissions of blood within the NHS; [143115]
(2) if he will make a statement on the levels of compensation payments offered to people who have contracted hepatitis as a result of receiving contaminated blood; [143116]
(3) what plans he has to compensate the relatives of patients who have died through having received contaminated blood on the NHS. [143117]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Portsmouth, South (Mr. Hancock) on 19 November 2003,Official Report, column 1106W.
§ Mr. TruswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in(a) Leeds and (b) the UK have contracted (i) HIV and (ii) hepatitis C as a result of being given contaminated blood products; and how many (A) have died, (B) cleared the virus and (C) remain infected in each case. [143183]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonFigures for the Leeds area are not available.
The number of people directly infected with HIV/ AIDS as a result of National Health Service treatment with blood or blood products and who have been or are currently registered with the Macfarlane and Eileen Trusts in the United Kingdom is 1284.
The total number of Macfarlane and Eileen Trust registrants who have died is 876.
The number of people who have been infected with HIV as a result of NHS treatment with blood or blood products and cleared the virus is not known but is presumed to be zero.
The number of Macfarlane and Eileen Trust registrants who were directly infected with HIV as a result of NHS treatment with blood or blood products and who remain infected is 408.
369WFollowing the announcement of a financial assistance scheme for those inadvertently infected with hepatitis C, figures for the number of people infected, the number of people who have died and the number of people who remain infected are still being finalised.