Thousands of people who were given blood infected with HIV or hepatitis during the 1970s and 1980s will receive £100,000 interim compensation payments, the UK Government announced today, Saturday October 22.
As many as 30,000 people were caught up in the contaminated blood scandal, which has been called the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history. A public inquiry has been taking evidence since 2019 from people affected by the scandal.
People with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders were given blood infected with HIV and hepatitis viruses. Today - more than 40 years later - the UK Government has announced that that interim compensation payments will be made by the end of October.
