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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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Expert Group on statistics update
The statistics expert group is due to publish their report in September and give evidence at a hearing in early October.
Ahead of this, the convenor, Professor Stephen Evans, wrote to Sir Brian to...
Compensation Framework Study online
The Government has published the Compensation Framework Study report carried out by Sir Robert Francis QC. You can read it here.
Alongside the report, the Paymaster General, the Rt Hon. Michael...
Further information on submissions
The Inquiry has published an addition to its statement of approach on submissions, which now ends with further guidance on the written submissions core participants are invited to make.
As a general...
Inquiry updates timetable and opens registration for summer hearings
We are opening registration for people who would like to attend the hearings during the weeks beginning 27 June, 4 July, 11 July, 18 July and 25 July. You can find the latest timetable here.
We are...
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...
Inquiry opens registration for May and early June hearings
We are opening registration for people who would like to attend the hearings in the weeks beginning 9 May, 16 May and 6 June. You can find the latest timetable here.
We are asking that anyone who...
Inquiry provides further detail on summer hearings
The timetable has now confirmed most of the witnesses who will be giving evidence at hearings from 10 May to 16 September. The updated timetable is available here.
Over this period the Inquiry will...
Update on Sir Robert Francis compensation framework study
In his reply Rt Hon Michael Ellis MP, the Paymaster General, says that before publishing the report ‘work must be undertaken within Government to formalise our response, and I can confirm that work is...
Inquiry makes amendments to the Statement of Approach
We have updated the statement of approach about submissions to answer questions from recognised legal representatives.
The statement of approach provides more information for recognised legal...
Update on Sir Robert Francis compensation framework study
The Paymaster General, the Rt Hon Michael Ellis MP, has made a statement about the compensation framework study carried out by Sir Robert Francis.
The statement confirms that the minister had...
Local Meetings with the Inquiry Team
We are hosting meetings in early April for people infected and affected to join with other people in their area for an update on the Inquiry’s work. It is not necessary to have been watching the...
Inquiry publishes expert report on fractionation
The Inquiry has published a report on fractionation: the process by which whole blood is separated into its component parts for subsequent use in medicinal products. The authors are Dr Paul Strengers...