Written question asked by Lord Morris of Manchester (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Warner (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 December 2006.

Health: vCJD

Question: How many NHS patients identified by the National Blood Service as having received blood from a donor who later developed vCJD were people with haemophilia.

Answer: No patient with haemophilia or other bleeding disorders have been identified as having received blood from a blood donor who subsequently developed vCJD, nor have there been any reported cases of vCJD associated with receipt of plasma products. However, all haemophilia patients who received plasma products between 1980 and 2001 sourced from UK donor plasma have been designated as ““at risk of vCJD for public purposes””. All plasma products are now sourced from non-UK plasma. The United Kingdom Haemophilia Centre Doctors’ Organisation is collecting data that will provide an estimate of the number of haemophilia patients who have been exposed to plasma products which may be implicated with vCJD.

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