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Victims of UK’s infected blood scandal to start receiving payouts by end of year

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Those affected by contaminated blood transfusions and products in 1970s and 80s to finally receive compensationA new authority set up to properly compensate the victims and families of the infected blood scandal is due to start making payments by the end of this year.The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) was set up after the inquiry in May into the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS concluded that governments, the health service and doctors had repeatedly failed victims. Regulations enacting the compensation scheme were laid out on Friday. Continue reading…

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/24/victims-of-uks-infected-blood-scandal-to-start-receiving-payouts-by-end-of-year

Author : Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Publish date : 2024-08-24 21:45:24

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