Infected blood scandal victims get £100,000 compensation after long campaign
The payment confirmation comes after four years of evidence at the Infected Blood Inquiry.
The payment confirmation comes after four years of evidence at the Infected Blood Inquiry.
Stormont Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed the Government’s decision to pay £100,000 to survivors of the contaminated blood scandal.
Stephen and Barbara Palmer died with HIV and Hepatitis C in August 1993.
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Andy Burnham, Jeremy Hunt and Matt Hancock have each stressed the importance of issuing the £100,000 recommended payouts as soon as possible.
Des Collins, senior partner at Collins Solicitors, said he would be stepping up pressure on the Department for Health and Social Care on Monday.
The compensation should be paid ‘without delay’ to those affected, Sir Brian Langstaff wrote in an interim report.
Alan Milburn, former secretary of state for health, told his Scottish counterpart Malcolm Chisholm that compensation was a ‘grave mistake’.
The former health secretary was giving evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry.
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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.
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