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Groups representing victims say trust in government can no longer be taken for granted after report finds evidence of cover-up

A decades-long UK scandal in which thousands of people died after being treated with infected blood was covered up and largely could have been avoided, according to a bombshell report published Monday.

After years of neglect, countless missed opportunities and a tireless campaign for justice, the infected blood inquiry has published its report. It is excoriating, with inquiry chairman Sir Brian Langstaff stating that the disaster “was not an accident,” instead saying it happened “because those in authority, doctors, the blood services…

Watch as infected blood scandal campaigners reacted to an inquiry’s findings that politicians, doctors, and civil servants were involved in a chilling cover-up of the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.

‘Decades-long moral failure at the heart of our national life,’ says prime minister Rishi Sunak

Children were used as “objects for research” while the risks of contracting hepatitis and HIV were ignored at a specialist school where boys…

Scandal was completely avoidable, with government and NHS colluding to cover up risk to patients

Thousands of deaths could have been avoided, final report on infection of thousands with HIV or hepatitis C concludes

The long-awaited final report will be published by the Infected Blood Inquiry today

PM apologises following report that found ‘subtle, pervasive and chilling’ cover-up by NHS and government

In today’s newsletter: After years of failure to recognise how badly the victims were treated, their stories are finally being heard. But is it enough for the families who have fought for years?