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'Worst treatment disaster in NHS history': What is the contaminated blood scandal?

Find out exactly what the NHS contaminated blood scandal is as the final report is published.

The National (Scotland)

Infected Blood Scandal victims: Survivor’s guilt, anger and the decades-long fight for justice

Some 3,000 people have died and others left with lifelong health complications after being infected with viruses including hepatitis C and HIV

The Independent UK

Infected Blood Scandal: What are the symptoms and treatments for the deadly virus hepatitis?

Hepatitis B and C affect around 500 million people around the world, causing 1.5 million deaths every year

The Independent UK

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What is the infected blood scandal? Everything you need to know ahead of milestone report

The long-awaited final report will be published by the Infected Blood Inquiry today

The Independent UK

‘We had to break the status quo’: UK campaign seeks to mobilise Muslim vote

The Muslim Vote aims to list candidates that align with it on foreign policy, NHS and education

The Guardian - UK

Infected blood victim from Hackney told daughter to 'keep fighting for justice' the day he died

Reverend Clifford Samuels, from Hackney, is thought to have caught the disease during an operation to remove a stomach ulcer at the Prince of Wales hospital in Tottenham in the 1970s

Evening Standard

Monday briefing: The history of the contaminated blood scandal; Iranian president confirmed dead

In today’s newsletter: After years of failure to recognise how badly the victims were treated, their stories are finally being heard. But is it enough for the families who have fought for years?

The Guardian - UK

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Infected blood inquiry to publish final report in seismic moment for victims

Chair to share findings of investigation into NHS infection of thousands with HIV or hepatitis C over more than 20 years

The Guardian - UK

Infected blood scandal: inquiry to call for prosecution of those responsible

Report from official inquiry due to present findings in what has been described as biggest treatment disaster in history of NHS

The Guardian - UK

Liz Wolstenholme obituary

Other lives: Advocate for closer links between health and social care services who wrote the national framework for NHS Continuing Health Care

The Guardian - UK

Prof Andrea Mechelli: ‘People who live near green space are less likely to struggle with mental health issues’

The scientist leading a study into how the urban environment affects our wellbeing on the surprising and lasting psychological benefits of even just a small dose of nature

The Guardian - UK

Keep forgetting things? Worried about your brain? Here’s what I learned when I had mine scanned

From dementia to mild cognitive impairment, it’s easy to be terrified of what ageing will do our minds. But the vast majority of us can reduce the danger – especially if we look after our bodies

The Guardian - UK

'All roads lead back to Westminster': Labour make major admission on NHS

WES Streeting was challenged on his party’s attacks on the SNP for their management of the NHS – after he was told there were “terrible…

The National (Scotland)

‘It was smart to marry the competition’: meet the ‘power couples’ who work together

Meet four couples who are married to each other – and the job. Yes, it can get shouty, but knowing your partner so well brings unexpected benefits, both to the working relationship and to time at home

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Heart patients forced to wait over a year for treatment in England

Waiting lists are at a record high, almost double since 2020, with heart disease being the largest cause of premature death in deprived areas

The National (Scotland)

Why Scotland should join Europe and start talking about cannabis legalisation

IT’S often said by proponents of the drug that the most dangerous thing about cannabis is getting caught with it.

The Guardian - UK

Hospitals to share waiting lists under Labour plans for quicker care

Party says pooling resources across regions would deliver 40,000 extra appointments a week for patients

The Independent UK

Labour pledges 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week

The £1.1bn scheme would be funded by cracking down on tax dodgers and people with non-domiciled status

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The Guardian - UK

NHS must listen to whistleblowers, says health secretary

Victoria Atkins says she has asked officials to look into claims doctors and nurses who have spoken up were mistreated

Evening Standard

Alcohol abuse costing £27bn a year in England, new study finds

Alcohol abuse is costing England a whopping £27bn a year, a new study has estimated.

The Conversation

Infected blood scandal – what you need to know

The infected blood scandal has been hailed the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS. Over 3,000 people have died as a result of receiving contaminated blood products in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, and it is estimated that an infected person still dies every four days.

The Conversation

‘They call us the fatherless ones’: the trauma of families devastated by the infected blood scandal will last for generations

On the day of her uncle’s funeral in 1995, Jane’s life changed forever.* That was when she found out her uncle Edward, a person with haemophilia, had been infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from the treatment he was taking for his condition.

The Guardian - UK

Maternity services are failing mothers and babies, and it’s not just down to austerity

Letters: Medical professionals and women who had bad experiences themselves respond to the findings of the birth trauma report

The Guardian - UK

Alcohol abuse costing £27bn a year in England

Exclusive: Experts call for higher taxes and tougher regulation as research shows cost to NHS, other public services and economy

The National (Scotland)

'So rude': Stephen Flynn interrupted almost 40 times on Question Time

THE BBC has been accused of having a "general antipathy" towards the SNP after the party's Westminster leader Stephen Flynn was found to…

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