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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, said Ireland’s Lindsay ...

08 Nov 2022 at 15:41

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, with some expected to ...

24 Oct 2024 at 11:00

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. Campaigners were calling ...

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 in the 1970s and early ...

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 published in the new ...

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, Sir John suggested no ...

27 Jun 2022 at 15:47

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

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 ...

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 ...

05 May 2024 at 15:38

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 ...

20 May 2024 at 21:19

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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. ...

20 May 2024 at 17:33

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