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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

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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 attempts were made to conceal the ...

20 May 2024 at 17:33

Sunak issues ‘wholehearted and unequivocal’ apology to infected blood victims

Rishi Sunak has issued a “wholehearted and unequivocal” apology to the victims of the biggest treatment disaster in the NHS, vowing that “comprehensive” compensation will be delivered “whatever it costs”. The Prime Minister said it ...

20 May 2024 at 21:19

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

No immediate plans to extend compensation for contaminated blood scandal victims

Compensation scheme for contaminated blood scandal victims ‘must be extended’

The Government will wait for the full report into the infected blood scandal before considering whether to extend the compensation scheme for victims, the Prime Minister has said. It comes after the chairman of the inquiry into ...

05 Apr 2023 at 17:17

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

Government ‘working at a snail’s pace’ over infected blood payments

The Government has been “working at a snail’s pace” on the infected blood scandal and “will be on the wrong side of history” for holding out against a new compensation body, it has been claimed. Clive Smith, chairman ...

05 Dec 2023 at 12:47

Government urged not to use infected blood compensation to ‘dodge criticism’

The Government must not use compensation progress to “bury criticism” from the Infected Blood Inquiry’s final report, the Haemophilia Society has said. The Government indicated in private meetings with campaigners ...

05 May 2024 at 15:38

Announcements on infected blood compensation expected ‘in the next few weeks’

Ministers are gearing up to make “significant announcements” about compensation for people affected by the infected blood scandal in the next few weeks, officials have said. Cabinet Office Minister John Glen told ...

07 May 2024 at 16:31

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Charity hopes report will show who decided haemophiliacs were ‘expendable’

The final report of the Infected Blood Inquiry will hopefully reveal who thought that the haemophilia community was “expendable” when they were given a contaminated blood product, a charity has said. A ...

13 May 2024 at 00:01

Blood scandal was covered up and could largely have been avoided, inquiry finds

20 May 2024 at 15:20

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