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It has been estimated that more than 30,000 patients received contaminated blood, resulting in the deaths of at least 3,000 people. [4] In July 2017, Prime Minister Theresa May announced an independent public inquiry into the scandal, for which she was widely praised as successive governments going back to the 1980s had refused such an inquiry. [6]
More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C after being given contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. ... More than 3,500 victims of the scandal were NHS ...
More than 30,000 people who received NHS treatment between the 1970s and early 1990s were infected with contaminated blood. They contracted a number of viruses including hepatitis C and HIV.
The infection of up to 30,000 people with HIV or hepatitis C from contaminated blood has been called the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the NHS. Thousands died after contaminated ...
CN v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2022] EWCA Civ 86 [1] was an appeal against the refusal of permission to apply for judicial review to challenge the infected blood support [a] scheme administered by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) for non-inclusion of those infected with chronic Hepatitis B virus. [7]
The Penrose Inquiry was the public inquiry into hepatitis C and HIV infections from NHS Scotland treatment with blood and blood products such as factor VIII, often used by people with haemophilia. The event is often called the Tainted Blood Scandal or Contaminated Blood Scandal. [1]
More than 30,000 people who received NHS treatment between the 1970s and early 1990s were infected with contaminated blood. Many contracted a number of viruses including hepatitis C and HIV.
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