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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Hundreds of victims in infected blood scandal to sue UK health secretary

People holding up a sign with pictures of their loved ones who had died after being infected with contaminated blood, reading murdered, murdered, murdered
Solicitor Des Collins said the headline figures for the government scheme, which suggested some people could get more than £2.5m in compensation, were not all that they seemed. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Hundreds of people in the UK infected with contaminated blood and relatives of those infected are going ahead with plans to sue the health secretary for damages, having been left dissatisfied with the government’s announcement on compensation.

A group claim by about 500 people against the government alleging it breached a duty to take reasonable care to prevent personal injury or loss, amounting to misfeasance in public office, began in 2017 but was paused pending the inquiry into the scandal, which published its final report on Monday.

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