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Written question asked by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 15 February 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 March 2001. It was answered by John Denham (Labour) on Monday, 5 March 2001 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the NHS has identified individuals who have received blood from a donor infected with vCJD. - Inc figure.
Answer

Mr. Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the NHS has identified individuals who have received blood from a donor infected with vCJD. [151308] Mr. Denham: The study which the National Blood Service and the CJD surveillance unit are carrying out has indicated that 23 people have received blood transfusions from donors who went on to develop variant CJD.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
151308; 364 c112W
Session
2000-01
Subjects
Contamination Blood Donors Blood transfusions CJD
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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