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Infected blood scandal victims get £100,000 compensation after long campaign

Infected blood scandal victims handed compensation after decades-long campaign

Thousands of survivors of the infected blood scandal will be given compensation payments of £100,000, the Government has announced, but campaigners have said the majority of those affected have been ignored. Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson ...

17 Aug 2022 at 11:20

Scotland

Minister’s briefing on infected blood was inaccuarate, senior medic says

Part of a ministerial briefing on the infected blood scandal was inaccurate, a former senior medical officer has told an inquiry. In 2005, the Scottish health minister was given a “line to take” that a review to determine who had received ...

25 Jul 2022 at 16:13

Institutions and the state sometimes close ranks around a lie – Jeremy Hunt

Tory MP Jeremy Hunt has told a public inquiry that institutions and the state sometimes “close ranks around a lie”. Giving evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry, the former health secretary said there had perhaps been “memory illusion” ...

27 Jul 2022 at 16:58

£100,000 must go to infected blood victims and bereaved partners – inquiry head

At least £100,000 should be paid to all infected blood victims and bereaved partners across the UK, the chairman of the inquiry into the tragedy has said. The compensation should be provided “without delay”, Sir Brian Langstaff wrote ...

29 Jul 2022 at 21:59

Government was wrong on risk of Aids to blood scandal victims, inquiry told

A former junior health minister has agreed the Government was wrong in the 1980s to underplay the risk of Aids to those affected by the infected blood scandal, an inquiry has heard. Lord John Patten, a former Parliamentary ...

20 May 2022 at 16:35

Fate of some blood components from HIV infected donors unknown, inquiry told

It is not known what happened to a “substantial percentage” of blood components taken from HIV infected donors by one transfusion service, an inquiry has heard. The Infected Blood Inquiry was told on Wednesday that when ...

19 Jan 2022 at 15:25

Infected blood scandal was ‘preventable catastrophe’, inquiry told

Thousands of patients infected with HIV and Hepatitis C through contaminated blood in a “preventable catastrophe” deserve a Government apology and compensation, an inquiry has heard. Steven Snowden KC, instructed by ...

17 Jan 2023 at 16:47

I never thought I’d see the day report was published, says infected blood victim

One of the victims of the infected blood scandal has said she never thought she would see the day the inquiry’s final report was released. Gill Fyffe, from Perthshire, was infected with Hepatitis C in 1988 after ...

21 May 2024 at 08:44

Cover-up of infected blood scandal was ‘subtle, pervasive and chilling’ – report

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‘Subtle, pervasive, chilling’ cover-up of infected blood scandal, report says

There was a “subtle, pervasive and chilling” cover-up of the infected blood scandal, according to the final report from the long-running inquiry. Tens of thousands of people in the UK were infected with deadly ...

20 May 2024 at 17:33

Local News

Inquiry finds blood scandal was covered up and could largely have been avoided

The infected blood scandal “could largely have been avoided” and there was a “pervasive” cover-up to hide the truth, an inquiry into the biggest treatment disaster in the NHS has concluded. Deliberate ...

20 May 2024 at 17:33

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We were lied to, say victims of contaminated blood scandal

Victims of the contaminated blood scandal have said they were lied to, and condemned cover-ups and denials as “disgraceful”. More than 30,000 people were infected with deadly viruses while they were ...

20 May 2024 at 14:53

Swinney apologises to infected blood victims

Scotland’s First Minister has apologised to the victims of the infected blood scandal. Around 3,000 people are believed to have been affected by contaminated blood north of the border between the ...

21 May 2024 at 15:34

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