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Dr Hay states that, "Many centre directors are already fighting a low grade guerrilla war with patient activists who want a hepatitis C enquiry and who are reporting their centre directors to the GMC and manipulating both newspapers and television."
Dr Hay also points out that BPL have cut back their production of plasma-derived factor VIII and other manufacturers have removed their plasma-derived factor VIII from the UK market altogether.
Type: Letter
Location: UK
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Note: The speech contains no mention of the 'behind-the-scenes' perspective of Dr Charles RM Hay, chairman of the UKHCDO, who in correspondence to William Connon, expresses fears of considerable patient protest and in particular, states that he hopes "DoH will look upon your bid for recombinant financing favourably, because the alternative is almost too awful to contemplate".
Dr Charles RM Hay. Letter to William Connon, General Health Protection, Department of Health. 17 November 2005.
Type: Announcement - Political
Location: UK
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