Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Haemophilia Society, (b) the Manor House Group, (c) Tainted Blood, (d) the Hepatitis C Trust and (e) the Contaminated Blood campaign in the last two years.
Answered by Jane Ellison
In the last two years, the Department has met with the Haemophilia Society about haemophilia services, grant funding for the Society and support for haemophiliacs infected or affected by HIV and/or hepatitis C through historic treatment with NHS-supplied blood products.
The Department has met with the Hepatitis C Trust about hepatitis C services, grant funding for the Trust and support for individuals infected or affected by hepatitis C through historic treatment with NHS-supplied blood or blood products.
The Department has met with representatives of the Manor House Group, Tainted Blood and the Contaminated Blood Campaign about support for individuals infected or affected by HIV and/or hepatitis C through historic treatment with NHS-supplied blood or blood products, the scientific and clinical evidence for hepatitis C, and haemophilia services.