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Inquiry issues letter about siblings and compensation
The Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry has written to the Paymaster General about siblings who are ineligible for compensation.
Since the publication of the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Summary in August 2024, the Inquiry has been contacted by groups representing affected siblings who would be ineligible for compensation under the criteria in the Summary.
You can read Sir…
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Inquiry gathering further evidence
The Inquiry plans to hold further hearings in the week of 24 July.
In these hearings, the Inquiry will take evidence about the Government’s response to the use of infected blood and blood products...
Newsletter
The most recent edition of the Infected Blood Inquiry newsletter has now been published and you can view this in the link provided below.
If you would like to access past newsletters issued by the...
Second Intermediaries’ report published
The Inquiry has published a second supplementary report written by the Inquiry’s intermediaries.
Some people told the Inquiry that the stigma attached to their experiences meant they would have...
Inquiry publishes report by the Health Economics Expert Group
The Inquiry has published a report by the Health Economics Expert Group. The report gives the group’s analysis of the societal impact of infected blood and blood products.
The report chronicles and...
Second Interim Report published
The Chair of the Inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff, has today published the Inquiry’s second Interim Report, about compensation, on the Inquiry website. You can read the report here.
The principal...
Publication of the Second Interim Report
The Inquiry’s Second Interim Report will be published on the Inquiry website at 11.30 a.m. on Wednesday 5 April.
This interim report will be about the framework for compensation.
Inquiry...
Newsletter
The most recent edition of the Infected Blood Inquiry newsletter has now been published and you can view this in the link provided below.
If you would like to access past newsletters issued by the...
Local meetings with the Inquiry team
The Inquiry will be holding local meetings for people infected and affected across the UK in the weeks of 17 and 24 April, and the first week of May. The aim of these meetings is to share updates on...
Sir Brian Langstaff’s remarks at the end of the hearings
The Chair of the Inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff, has today announced his intention to make a further interim report about the Compensation Framework Study by Sir Robert Francis KC.
Sir Brian said:
“...
Inquiry updates guidance for criticism in final report
In January 2019 we published a statement of approach outlining how the Inquiry would handle the warning letter procedure set out in the Inquiry Rules 2006. Today we have published an addition to that...
Inquiry publishes supplementary report on virology
The Inquiry has published a short report by the virology and transfusion experts in the hepatitis expert group.
In its letter of instruction the Inquiry asked for information on the following...
Newsletter
The most recent edition of the Infected Blood Inquiry newsletter has now been published and you can view this in the link provided below.
If you would like to access past newsletters issued by the...