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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 the ...

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 money ...

22 Oct 2022 at 01:01

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 Collins Solicitors, ...

17 Jan 2023 at 16:47

Mordaunt: Government not dragging feet on infected blood victims’ compensation

Penny Mordaunt said she does not believe the Government has been dragging its feet on the issue of paying full compensation to those affected by the NHS infected blood scandal. She was giving evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry, as ...

24 Jul 2023 at 17:35

Infected Blood Inquiry: Minister challenged over slow compensation for victims

It is “difficult to formulate” a Government response over extending a compensation scheme for victims of the NHS infected blood scandal, a minister has said amid complaints the Government is dragging its heels over payments. ...

25 Jul 2023 at 12:39

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 ...

27 Jul 2022 at 16:58

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 ...

08 Nov 2022 at 15:41

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 ...

19 Jan 2022 at 15:25

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

20 May 2024 at 08:11

Infected blood victims ‘truly lived through worst of times’, public inquiry told

Victims of the contaminated blood scandal feel “righteous anger” and are “right to demand change and right to demand restitution”, the final day of a long-running public inquiry has heard. Sam Stein KC, ...

03 Feb 2023 at 16:19

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