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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ella Pickover

Failures in compensation scheme for infected blood laid bare in report

Sir Brian Langstaff speaking in Westminster Chapel at the publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry additional report on compensation (Infected Blood Inquiry/PA) - (PA Media)

The compensation scheme for the infected blood scandal has “perpetuated” the harm of victims with key decisions about the scheme made “behind closed doors”, according to a report.

The Infected Blood Inquiry warned that there has been a “repetition of the mistakes of the past” and that people have been “harmed yet further” since the scheme was established.

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