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Written question asked by Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 May 2003. It was answered by Baroness Andrews (Labour) on Thursday, 1 May 2003.


Andrews, Baroness

Question
Whether they will invest to prevent up to 70,000 transfusion patients each year from continuing to be put at risk from United Kingdom-sourced, non-virally inactivated transfusion plasma; and in the light of the £88 million spent to secure safer products for haemophiliacs, and the £55 million to secure the supply of United States-sourced plasma for certain patients, whether they will consider an additional £9.6 million to supply a United States-sourced, virally-inactivated transfusion plasma for the 70,000 patients who undergo plasma transfusions each year. [HL 2553] [HL 2555].

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL 2553; 647 c126-7WA
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Contamination Blood Patients Protection USA Viral diseases Blood transfusions CJD