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Aug 2022
Contaminated blood scandal victims in line to receive £100,000 interim payments
The government is expected to announce this week that payments of £100,000 are to be made to victims of the contaminated blood scandal.
Thousands of people contracted hepatitis C or HIV in the 1970s and 1980s through NHS treatments and over 2,400 people have died as a result.
A source from Downing Street said “The infected blood scandal was a tragedy for everyone involved, and the prime minister strongly believes that all those who suffered so terribly as a result of this injustice should receive compensation as quickly as possible.
“He has tasked ministers with resolving this issue, so that interim payments can be made to all those infected as soon as possible, and we will set out the full details later this week.”
Sir Brian Langstaff, chairman of the infected blood public inquiry, said last month that individuals who currently qualify for financial support, including some bereaved partners of those killed, should now be offered interim compensation of £100,000 each, adding that there was a case to make those payments quickly.
The government has introduced schemes offering victims financial support but, unlike in the Republic of Ireland and some other countries, compensation has never been paid to individuals or families affected.
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Posted by Karen Motley, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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