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People infected as well as close relations of victims or those caring for victims will be eligible

Victims in Britain have finally gained a measure of justice – elsewhere the fight has had varying outcomes

Cabinet Office minister John Glen said all those affected by the scandal will be eligible to claim compensation under the scheme

Demand for hepatitis C tests has surged in the UK following the publication of the infected blood inquiry findings in May 2024. According to the BBC, “1,750 people in the UK are living with an undiagnosed hepatitis C infection after being given a transfusion with contaminated blood.” Globally, there are…

As much as the seven-volume report that it launched, Sir Brian Langstaff’s remarkable speech yesterday at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster was a milestone in the history of the modern British state. Its specific theme was the contaminated blood scandal in which 30,000 people were infected with HIV or…

Infected blood inquiry has revealed children at Lord Mayor Treloar College between 1970 and 1987 were ‘treated like guinea pigs’

The Independent looks at what Lord Clarke is accused of, and why campaigners want his peerage removed

A £10 bn compensation package is set to be outlined in parliament today for all those affected by the blood scandal

More than 30,000 people were infected with HIV and hepatitis via blood transfusions in the 1970s and 1980s

For most it has come as a relief and a vindication of their suffering over decades. But anger and doubts remain

Brendan West was infected with Hepatitis C in a blood transfusion at a British army hospital