US EditionInfected blood scandal: Victims 'scared they won't live to see compensation'
- The Infected Blood Inquiry will resume later this week to assess how promptly and effectively the government has handled compensation claims related to the UK contaminated blood scandal.
- The scandal unfolded over a period spanning the late 20th century during which more than 30,000 NHS patients contracted HIV or hepatitis C through tainted blood products.
- Campaigners and victims like Gary Webster and Glenn Wilkinson criticize the slow progress and describe compensation offers as insufficient while two people die each week waiting.
- As of late April, the Infected Blood Compensation Authority invited 475 claims and made 77 payments exceeding £78 million, with the government pledging one of modern history’s most comprehensive schemes.
- The inquiry’s reopening aims to address distress caused by delays, as victims fear they will not live to receive compensation or full justice for this terrible scandal.
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Infected blood scandal back in the spotlight
The UK’s Infected Blood Inquiry is reopening this week, on Wednesday, May 7, to Thursday, May 8, to investigate ongoing concerns about the government’s handling of compensation for victims of the decades-long NHS scandal. More than 30,000 people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products given during NHS treatment between the 1970s and early 1990s. An estimated 3… Source
Victims of the infected blood scandal fear theyll die before they get compensation - Banbury FM
They say the government’s dragging its feet 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 reopen later this week amid concerns surrounding compensation for victims. Officials said the Infected Blood Inquiry hearings, to be held on May 7 and 8, will examine the “timeliness and adequacy of th…
Infected blood scandal: Victims 'scared they won't live to see compens
People who were given infected blood while receiving NHS care are “scared they won’t live to see compensation”, according to campaigners. The Infected Blood Inquiry is set to reopen later this week to examine the “timeliness and adequacy” of the government’s response to compensation. Gary Webster, who was infected with HIV and hepatitis C when he attended Lord Mayor’s Treloar’s School in Hampshire in 1970s and 1980s said he felt things had “gone…
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