Infected and affected victims of the contaminated blood scandal have welcomed recommendations from a senior former High Court judge calling on the Government to set up a full compensation system by the end of the year.
Sir Brian Langstaff, who leads the independent public inquiry into the scandal which saw thousands infected with lethal viruses on the NHS, has published an interim report highlighting the need for an organisation to be set up to pay compensation "with minimum delay".
In response, Jesmond's Carol Grayson - who lost husband Peter to HIV and hepatitis caused by tainted blood products he was given to treat his haemophilia - said it was a "relief" to see the losses and pain the haemophilia community has suffered recognised - though she said she was saddened that parents of those to have lost loved ones but since died, like her own in-laws, were not mentioned.
