‘Significant failings’ saw thousands infected by contaminated blood – inquiry
The Infected Blood Inquiry report was published on Monday.
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TV drama on infected blood could mobilise ‘sense of injustice and outrage’
ITV has commissioned a drama, written by Peter Moffat, who won two Baftas for BBC series Criminal Justice.
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Children used as ‘objects for research’, Infected Blood Inquiry report finds
Clinicians at the Treloar College in the 1970s to 1980s prioritised research over the interests of the children, the report said.
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Government’s sluggish work on redress perpetuated harm to blood victims – report
Infected Blood Inquiry chairman Sir Brian Langstaff criticised a litany of failures by successive governments in responding to the scandal.
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Blood scandal was covered up and could largely have been avoided, inquiry finds
Tens of thousands of people were given infected blood and blood products between the 1970s and 1990s.
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England’s blood service is one of the safest in the world today – health leaders
Dr Gail Miflin, chief medical officer at NHS Blood and Transplant, said there were a number of checks in place to ensure the safety of blood products.
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What is the infected blood scandal?
It is widely regarded as the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.
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Timeline of events leading up to the Infected Blood Inquiry
People were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood and blood products between the 1970s and early 1990s.
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Infected blood community expecting to hear how much compensation they will get
Some campaigners have been calling for redress for decades.
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Infected blood report due decades after victims began campaigning for justice
People were infected with contaminated blood and blood products between the 1970s and 1990s.
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Lives ‘still blighted’ by contaminated blood
Thousands of people with bleeding disorders were infected with HIV and/or hepatitis.
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Infected blood scandal campaigners say fight ‘not over yet’
Hundreds of those affected by the scandal gathered at Westminster on Sunday afternoon to mark the end of the Infected Blood Inquiry.
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‘I’m glad my brother isn’t alive to see what happened – he loved Treloar’s’
Some 75 of the boys with haemophilia treated at Treloar’s College are now dead.
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‘There is no victory’ – infected blood campaigner
Jason Evans’ father died when he was aged four.
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‘The bank gave my family a £1 coin after our father’s death from infected blood’
A woman has described how her family were penniless after her father’s death in 2000.
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