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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Tuesday some victims of a contaminated blood scandal would receive interim payments of 210,000 pounds ($267,000) each before a scheme to pay "comprehensive ...
The inquiry into the scandal made recommendations on compensation a year ago. Dozens of blood scandal victims have died in past year awaiting payout – charity Skip to main content
The PA news agency answers questions on the latest information about support for infected blood scandal victims.
The scandal is widely seen as the deadliest to afflict Britain's state-run National Health Service since its inception in 1948, with around 3,000 people believed to have died as a result of being ...
The UK did not import whole blood [12] from abroad, but it did import large quantities of factor VIII given to those infected, as described in the documentary Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal. The UK imported these products because it did not produce enough of its own, and efforts to achieve self-sufficiency were inadequately funded.
‘Governments have over the years delayed, denied and have degraded those who are infected and affected by how they have subsequently been treated.’
The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/872) is a statutory instrument (SI) that was laid before Parliament on 23 August 2024 to make provision for a compensation payment scheme for victims of the infected blood scandal as stipulated in the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024. [1] [2]
Victims of the U.K.'s infected blood scandal, in which tens of thousands of people were infected by contaminated blood or blood products provided by the public health service, will start receiving ...