Volume 3: The Early Years, 1986-88
2. Dissemination of information
Publication of papers

2.12 The procedure for the publication of scientific articles by those employed at the CVL was provided to us by Mr Bradley. ¹

2.13 An article for publication would be submitted in the first instance to the Head of Department for approval. The Head of Department would submit the article to more senior management for clearance if the nature of the article so required. Any article dealing with a notifiable disease had to be submitted to the Notifiable Diseases Section at Tolworth for approval.

2.14 Because of the recognition of the possible implications of BSE, ² all decisions in respect of publications about BSE were submitted to the Directorate of the CVL. From there they were sent further up the line management structure. A note from Dr Watson to Mr Bradley of 11 June 1987 ³ indicated that the Permanent Secretary and the CVO had been consulted on the question of publication. At about this time the Permanent Secretary made it clear that all publications relating to BSE had to be cleared by the CVO.