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The new changes to the infected blood compensation scheme that will benefit victims

A critical report about the compensation scheme was published earlier this month

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025

Changes to infected blood compensation scheme following outcry from victims

A critical report about the compensation scheme was published earlier this month.

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2025

Politicians should ‘hang heads in shame’ over UK infected blood scandal, victims say

Groups representing victims say trust in government can no longer be taken for granted after report finds evidence of cover-up

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2024

Infected blood victims had ‘incredibly bad luck’, Sir John Major tells inquiry

The infection of up to 30,000 people with HIV or hepatitis C from contaminated blood has been called the NHS’s biggest treatment disaster.

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2022

Briton spends £3,000 on hotel for Ukrainian woman and daughter as they wait weeks for visa

A British man has spent more than £3,000 to help a woman and teenage girl who fled Ukraine and are stuck in an Amsterdam hotel awaiting a UK Visa.

Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2022

Brit ready to house Ukrainian family pays £3,000 for hotel as they wait WEEKS for visa

Maryna and teenage daughter Anna left Kyiv with nothing after Vladimir Putin's forces invaded, spending two days at a station in the freezing cold before they could board a train taking them to freedom

Daily Mirror · Apr 18, 2022