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Publication of the Additional Report on compensation
The Additional Report will be published on the Inquiry website at 12.30pm on 9 July and will then be available to anyone who wishes to read it. Sir Brian Langstaff, Chair of the Inquiry, will give a short statement at 12.30pm. His statement will be broadcast on the Inquiry’s YouTube channel.
Inquiry participants will have an opportunity to view the report shortly in advance of…
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Statement on the letter from Haemophilia Society
At the start of the Infected Blood Inquiry the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, The Rt Hon David Lidington, gave me the assurance that the Inquiry would have at its disposal the financial...
Inquiry confirms dates and venues for public hearings and outlines how witnesses will be selected
We have today confirmed the dates and venues for the first public hearings when people infected and affected will give oral evidence as part of the Inquiry. We have also outlined how the Chair will...
Reminder: Register your interest in attending a local meeting
The Inquiry team will be holding local meetings between January and March for people who have been infected and/or affected. This is an opportunity to find out the latest updates on the work of the...
Inquiry launches innovative way to collect evidence
A new method of collecting evidence from infected and affected people has been established by the Infected Blood Inquiry today.
Many people have told the Inquiry that the stigma attached to their...
Inquiry publishes List of Issues
The Infected Blood Inquiry has today published its List of Issues. This document will help guide the Inquiry’s investigative work to meet its terms of reference.
The List of Issues seeks to...
Update on local meetings with the Inquiry team
The Inquiry will be holding meetings for people who have been infected and/or affected and who would like to get an update from the Inquiry team in a location near where they live.
The team will be...
Newsletter
We have published our first newsletter which is designed to provide a short update on the work of the Inquiry.
Please click on the link below to view the full newsletter.
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Inquiry Chair welcomes waiving of legal privilege by Department of Health and MHRA
The Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff, has welcomed the decision by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency...
Sir Brian Langstaff calls for action to help patients access medical records
Sir Brian Langstaff, the Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry, has written to the four heads of the national health services in the UK following reports from people participating in the Inquiry that...
Local meetings with the Inquiry team
The Inquiry will be holding meetings for people affected throughout the UK in the first months of 2019, ahead of the public hearings starting at the end of April.
The aim of these meetings is to...
Insight: The work of the Inquiry - Paralegal team
The largest group of Inquiry staff are paralegals. Some are law graduates who will subsequently go on to qualify as barristers or solicitors. Others are already qualified and have only recently...
Government statement on financial support, panel members and retention of records
The Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Lidington CBE MP, has today laid a written ministerial statement in the House of Commons regarding the work of the Inquiry following a letter from the Chair...