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Infected blood probe chairman intervenes over compensation scheme

There has been a “groundswell of discontent” over the way the compensation scheme for the infected blood scandal is being managed, the judge that led the probe into the issue has said. Sir Brian Langstaff has taken the unusual step to write to ...

10 Dec 2024 at 15:57

Sibling eligibility for infected blood pay outs extended as first payments made

The first few victims of the infected blood scandal have received their final compensation pay outs, the Government has said as it extended eligibility criteria for siblings to get compensation. Cabinet Office Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds ...

17 Dec 2024 at 13:44

Ministers give compensation authority the power to make infected blood payments

Ministers have given the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) the power to start making payments to patients. The Cabinet Office published a lengthy policy paper on Friday detailing the tariff-based scheme, and laid secondary ...

24 Aug 2024 at 12:44

‘Only 0.2% of possible claimants invited to seek infected blood payout’ – lawyer

Only 0.002% of possible claimants invited to seek infected blood payout – lawyer

Only around 0.2% of potential claimants to the infected blood compensation scheme have been invited to seek payouts and “many will die” while they wait, a lawyer representing families and victims of the scandal has said. Des Collins,...

12 Feb 2025 at 11:22

Minister apologises for mathematical error in infected blood compensation offers

The Government has apologised for a mathematical error that resulted in infected blood victims being offered an incorrect amount of compensation. Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent told the House of Lords that those impacted were ...

19 Mar 2025 at 22:51

Infected blood victims will die before they get compensation, minister accepts

Some victims of the infected blood scandal will die before they receive compensation and the current number of people who have received a payout is “unsatisfactory”, the Government has admitted. People affected by the scandal, ...

07 May 2025 at 17:50

Inquiry hears of ‘anguish’ over compensation for infected blood victims

People given infected blood and blood products in one of the worst treatment disasters in NHS history have described “anguish” felt while waiting for compensation. The Infected Blood Inquiry has heard that many victims fear ...

07 May 2025 at 14:58

We will have justice – infected blood victims speak out as inquiry reopens

People given infected blood and blood products in one of the worst treatment disasters in NHS history have said they will “have justice” as hearings reopened into the scandal. Sir Brian Langstaff, chairman of the Infected ...

07 May 2025 at 11:04

‘My dad would have been devastated’ – bereaved speak out over infected blood payouts.

A nurse whose father died after being given infected blood has said he would have been “disgusted” at the way bereaved families have been treated in the wake of the scandal. Louise Huitson said her father died in 2021 ...

08 May 2025 at 14:29

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Inquiry hears of ‘anguish’ over compensation for infected blood victims

07 May 2025 at 16:33

Infected Blood Inquiry to hold more hearings

The Infected Blood Inquiry is to hold more hearings amid ongoing concerns surrounding compensation for victims. Officials announced that the hearings, to be held on May 7 and 8, will examine the “timeliness ...

09 Apr 2025 at 13:19

Infected blood victims ‘scared they won’t live to see compensation’

People given infected blood in one of the worst treatment disasters in NHS history are “scared they won’t live to see compensation”, campaigners have said. The probe into the infected blood scandal is to ...

05 May 2025 at 00:01

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