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Gene therapy dramatically cuts risk of bleeding in haemophilia B patients

A new gene therapy has dramatically cut the risk of bleeding in people with the rare condition haemophilia B, experts have said. Researchers found that a single injection of the gene therapy, called FLT180a, removed the need for people to inject ...

21 Jul 2022 at 08:17

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 under-secretary in ...

20 May 2022 at 16:35

Infected blood victims and bereaved partners will receive £100,000 in October

Thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal will receive interim compensation payments of £100,000 by the end of October, the Government has confirmed. Survivors and bereaved partners will receive letters this week confirming the ...

22 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Report to set out details on compensation for victims of infected blood scandal

Details on compensation for victims of the infected blood scandal is expected to be set out in a report. Thousands of patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. An ...

05 Apr 2023 at 02:45

Tribunal on Ireland’s infected blood scandal led to treatment ‘culture change’

A landmark tribunal into the use of contaminated blood products in Ireland led to a “culture change” in how patients were treated, the UK inquiry has been told. Brian O’Mahony, chief executive of the Irish Haemophilia Society, ...

08 Nov 2022 at 15:41

Northern Ireland

‘Represent us’: Infected blood campaigner tells MLAs to secure compensation

A campaigner for victims of the infected blood scandal in Northern Ireland has called for MLAs to “represent us” as he warned “the job is only starting”. Nigel Hamilton from Haemophilia NI told the Stormont Health Committee ...

30 May 2024 at 16:37

Families of infected blood victims eligible for compensation for the first time

Families of people who died as a result of the infected blood scandal are finally eligible to apply for compensation. But concerns have been raised over a “fiendishly complicated system” that families will have to navigate,...

24 Oct 2024 at 11:00

Lives ‘still blighted’ by contaminated blood

Thousands of lives “continue to be blighted” by the infected blood scandal, a charity has said, as victims and their loved ones spoke out about the lasting effects of the scandal. Infected people and their relatives have ...

20 May 2024 at 08:11

Twins whose brother died at 21 among protesters at Infected Blood Inquiry

Twin sisters who cared for their brother before he died at the age of 21 were among dozens of protesters at the Infected Blood Inquiry lobbying Rishi Sunak to authorise full compensation payments when he gave evidence. ...

26 Jul 2023 at 15:39

Timeline of events leading up to the Infected Blood Inquiry

The contaminated blood scandal has been called the worst treatment disaster in NHS history. Tens of thousands of people in the UK were infected with HIV and/or hepatitis through contaminated blood and blood products ...

20 May 2024 at 02:45

People with infected blood ‘could receive more than £2m in compensation’

People who were infected with deadly viruses as a result of the contaminated blood scandal could receive more than £2 million in compensation, according to Government documents. “Illustrative figures” have been ...

21 May 2024 at 18:55

Infected blood victims had ‘incredibly bad luck’, Sir John Major tells inquiry

Thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal suffered “incredibly bad luck”, former prime minister Sir John Major has said. To audible gasps from those present at the Infected Blood Inquiry in London, ...

27 Jun 2022 at 15:47

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