Charcot Road
Colindale
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
NW9 5BG
Tel: 01923 366 7643
www.nhsbt.nhs.uk
Our ref: MOC/ 391414
Dear Mr Pitcher
Re: Information request
Thank you for your request dated 7th February 2020 for information from NHS Blood
and Transplant (NHSBT) regarding blood donations from prison/prisoners in Devon.
I am writing to advise you that we are able to provide you with the following
information in response to your request.
I believe the Infected Blood Inquiry may have completed their investigations
regarding Prison Blood Donations in England. That being the case would you
please tell me if you ever received blood donations in the 1960's and 1970's
from prisons/prisoners in Devon, i.e. HMP Dartmoor, HMP Exeter, HMP
Channings Wood? Was any of this blood supplied to Greenbank Hospital in
Plymouth during that time?
The IBI have not yet completed their Inquiry, full details of their scheduling and
published documents can be found vi
a: https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/
We continue to provide the Inquiry with documentation held in our archive storage.
Therefore, our previous response to this request stands, and we are not able to
provide the requested information for the reasons stated in the attached internal
review.
I hope this is helpful in addressing your questions. Please quote the reference
number above in any future communications.
Yours sincerely
Wayne Lawley
Head of Corporate Communications
E-mail: xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a
complaint or request a review of our decision, you should write to: Customer Services Operations
Manager, NHS Blood and Transplant, Charcot Road, Colindale, NW9 5BG (Email:
xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx).
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted
the complaints procedure provided by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.