Professor Ian Franklin

The questions below were submitted by Factor 8 ahead of Professor Ian Franklin giving evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry in October 2020.

• Was it standard practice to provide Piriton before Cryo?

  • Why would this be done?

• This page from my Dad’s medical records refers to surgery being carried out in 1975 using Cryo as “usual”. (Showing surgery with cryo was not only possible, but usual) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Omy09OMkSrfKyCWNefq9IB5D9ccPLHDe/view?usp=sharing

  • Why and when did cryo for surgery cease to be usual? (This also relates to para 48 of Ian Franklin's statement, where he cannot recall an example)

• Ian Franklin WS page 18 "The other aspect of risk in plasma products is pool size" - What discussions does he remember taking place in the early 1980s about pool sizes and risk?

• Ian Franklin WS page 20 - "the supply was disrupted when the non-heat treated products were withdrawn early in 1985"...

  • What recollection do you have of how any withdrawal or recall of products took place and where did that instruction come from?

  • Can he recall any specific, significant problems as a result of reducing treatment at this time?

  • Was more cryo used during this time?

• Ian Franklin WS page 27 -  "HIV became a recognised additional risk factor for severe liver disease” - Could you explain further about the relationship in your experience between HIV / AIDS and liver disease?

  • What impact does liver disease have upon the body's natural production of Factor VIII?

• Ian Franklin WS PARA 37 -  “word of mouth” - Do you recall any particular word of mouth examples?

• Ian Franklin WS Start of page 78 - What is your understanding of Hepatitis C reactivation in patients who have received Leukaemia treatment?

• Re delay of testing/resources - Were GPs written to in order to follow up non attenders?