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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Ella Pickover

Infected blood victims will die before they get compensation, minister accepts

Some victims of the infected blood scandal will die before they receive compensation and the current number of people who have received a payout is “unsatisfactory”, the Government has admitted.

People affected by the scandal, dubbed the “biggest disaster in the history of the NHS”, said they “don’t have time on our side” as they urged officials to speed up compensation payments.

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