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Scottish minister welcomes interim blood scandal compensation payments

It is estimated about 3,000 people in Scotland were infected with Hepatitis C through NHS blood or blood products in the 1970s through to 1991.

The Independent UK

Infected blood victims and bereaved partners will receive £100,000 in October

Survivors and bereaved partners will receive letters this week confirming the money will be sent to them in the following 10 days.

The Independent UK

Last of infected blood victims’ evidence heard in ‘significant milestone’

Thousands of patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Independent UK

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Children and parents of infected blood scandal victims face ‘frustrating’ wait for compensation

The parents and children of victims of the infected blood scandal will have to wait until at least next year to find out whether they will receive compensation, a cabinet minister said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Thousands of infected blood victims to receive £100,000 compensation ‘as soon as possible’

Estimated 4,000 victims survived what has been labelled the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS which saw 2,400 die

The Independent UK

Victims of infected blood scandal to receive £100,000 compensation ‘as soon as possible’

Victims of the infected blood scandal will receive £100,000 compensation each “as soon as possible”, the Government will announce.

Evening Standard

‘A historic wrong’: Government set to announce compensation for victims of contaminated blood scandal

Ministers expected to accept recommendations that payments should be no less than £100,000

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Ex-health secretaries call for immediate payouts to UK blood scandal victims

Jeremy Hunt, Matt Hancock and Andy Burnham back chair of inquiry’s recommendation for compensation ‘without delay’

The Guardian - UK

Pay compensation to infected blood victims ‘right away’ before more people die, Hunt tells government

‘Successive governments didn’t act as quickly as they should have and we need to recognise this is as a terrible, terrible injustice’

The Independent UK

Three ex-health secretaries urge immediate payouts for infected blood victims

Andy Burnham, Jeremy Hunt and Matt Hancock have each stressed the importance of issuing the £100,000 recommended payouts as soon as possible.

The Independent UK

Lawyer demands payment for infected blood victims and families within 14 days

Des Collins, senior partner at Collins Solicitors, said he would be stepping up pressure on the Department for Health and Social Care on Monday.

The Independent UK

Infected blood victims set to get £100,000 each in compensation

The survivors or bereaved families could be in line for a pay-out

Wales Online

£100,000 must go to each infected blood victim and bereaved partner, inquiry head says

The compensation should be paid ‘without delay’ to those affected, Sir Brian Langstaff wrote in an interim report

Manchester Evening News

Interim compensation payments of at least £100,000 should be paid to contaminated blood victims 'without delay'

The Government has been told to pay interim compensation to victims of the contaminated blood scandal "without delay" by Sir Brian Langstaff.

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Evening Standard

Victims of infected blood scandal should receive £100,000 payment ‘immediately’, says lawyer

Sir Brian Langstaff recommends interim payments of no less than £100,000 are made to all infected people and bereaved partners

The Independent UK

Infected blood victims should receive £100,000 compensation ‘without delay’, inquiry chair says

There are believed to be more than 4,000 surviving victims from the NHS treatment disaster

The National (Scotland)

£100,000 must go to infected blood victims and bereaved partners, inquiry says

AT least £100,000 should be paid to all infected blood victims and bereaved partners across the UK, the chairman of the inquiry into the issue has…

The Independent UK

£100,000 must go to infected blood victims and bereaved partners – inquiry head

The compensation should be paid ‘without delay’ to those affected, Sir Brian Langstaff wrote in an interim report.

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Northumberland blood scandal victim welcomes Andy Burnham's evidence over 'criminal cover-up'

Meanwhile an intervention by the judge leading the Inquiry could mean compensation payments are closer than ever

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham: UK blood scandal may amount to corporate manslaughter

Mayor of Greater Manchester and former health secretary gives evidence to infected blood inquiry

Evening Standard

Infected Blood Inquiry: What is it and how to watch live as Rishi Sunak gives evidence

Everything you need to know about the impact of the Infected Blood Inquiry

The Independent UK

Government was wrong on risk of Aids to blood scandal victims, inquiry told

Lord John Patten said a leaflet to discourage people at high risk of contracting Aids from donating blood should have been distributed faster.

Chronicle Live

'Don't treat us with disdain' - Blood scandal victims demand publication of compensation report

Victims of the contaminated blood scandal in the North East have demanded the Government publish a report now in its possession which should set out its approach to compensation for them.

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