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Outrage over 'ridiculous' compensation for 'unethical research' victims, including boys infected with HIV and hepatitis
The Hepatitis C Trust calls proposed one-off payments of £15,000 to £25,000 for infected blood victims inadequate amid ongoing public consultation and police review.
- This coming week, the Hepatitis C Trust criticised proposed one‑off payments of £15,000 for Treloar’s victims, potentially rising to £25,000, amid outrage and a consultation before January 22.
- The Infected Blood Public Inquiry found children at Lord Mayor's Treloar's College in Hampshire were treated as `objects for research` and given `multiple, riskier` treatments, with over 80 of 122 haemophiliac pupils now dead.
- The Hepatitis C Trust wrote to Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas‑Symonds expressing `profound concerns`, signatories called the sums `wholly inadequate` and urged the award be `fully and transparently reviewed`, while survivor Gary Webster recalled daily forced injections and that `our parents had no knowledge of anything`.
- The National Police Chiefs' Council initiated a review, saying it is ongoing with no timeline, while signatories pressed for a clear timeline on criminal accountability and a government spokesperson affirmed commitment to justice.
- The scale of prior payouts positions this dispute within the infected blood scandal, which has already seen more than 2 billion paid to victims and over 30,000 infected .
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Compensation scheme for blood scandal victims 'wholly inadequate'
A compensation scheme for a historic medical scandal has been criticised as “wholly inadequate.”
·Southampton, United Kingdom
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Outrage over 'ridiculous' compensation for 'unethical research' victims, including boys infected with HIV and hepatitis
Gary Webster, one of 122 children with haemophilia who attended the Lord Mayor's Treloar's College, said the sum offered by the government is "way off the mark".
·United Kingdom
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Concerns over ‘unethical testing’ payout for infected blood victims
Concerns have been raised over the “ridiculous” compensation payment proposed for people who were the victims of unethical research, including boys who were infected with HIV and hepatitis as schoolchildren. More than £2 billion has now been paid in compensation to victims of the infected blood scandal. But a charity has raised “profound concerns” about […]
·Wales, United Kingdom
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