Author Archives: Carol Anne Grayson

Peter Longstaff hold up his treatment cards showing what was recorded each time a haemophiliac took factor 8 treatment. (Image, Grayson Archives) The infection of Dame Anita Roddick with hepatitis C (who founded the Body Shop championing ethical standards in … Continue reading →

Sir Brian Langstaff, Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry who will deliver an Autumn Report (Image via the Chronicle) Long standing haemophilia campaigners Carol Grayson and Colette Wintle refuse to be side tracked by new books about to be published … Continue reading →

Haemophiliac Peter Longstaff (deceased) who received regular monthly payments from the Macfarlane Trust and wife Carol Anne Grayson who now receives regular monthly payments as a bereaved widow from EIBSS. (Image Grayson /Journal Archives) The following Freedom of Information request … Continue reading →

Carol Anne Grayson and her husband Peter Longstaff who was killed by the state after receiving contaminated blood. Grayson alleges Terrence Higgins Trust are “haemophobic” presenting a very selective narrative of haemophilia history (Image Grayson archives) As a result of … Continue reading →

New book published in May 2023 (Image, via Henri Bergeron, Twitter) Long standing haemophilia campaigners, including this author Carol Anne Grayson will remember the surprise and excitement generated in the 1990s on hearing about the criminal case launched in France … Continue reading →

Carol Grayson was awarded the ESRC Michael Young Prize for her research dissertation on Contaminated Blood written in 2005/6 (Image Grayson Archives) The following email dated 17th January, 2023 was sent to Ian Green (then) CEO of the Terrence Higgins … Continue reading →

Peter Longstaff and his younger brother Stephen as children rescuing birds from an oil slick on the beach. Both went on to die as a result of receiving contaminated blood (Image via Hartlepool Mail) Over the years author of this … Continue reading →

Northern Echo Haemophilia AIDS campaign article, 1987 (Source, Grayson Archives) In 1986, the Northern Echo newspaper baded in the north-east of England, set up what became an awarded media campaign, the Fight For Justice Campaign working with the Haemophilia Society, … Continue reading →

Still of campaigner Haydn Lewis from RTS nominated BBC Newsnight documentary (April, 2007) where Carol Grayson was the official researcher (posted on Youtube by Tainted Blood) It came as no surprise to long standing campaigners (though a great deal of … Continue reading →

Haemophilia campaigners visiting No 10 Downing Street to hand in letters early 2000s During the 1970s and 80s, UK haemophiliacs became infected with HIV and hepatitis viruses as a result of being given factor concentrate treatment provided by the NHS. … Continue reading →