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Inquiry Chair’s final letter
The Chair of the Inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff, has written to the Minister of the Cabinet Office and formally closed the Inquiry.
In the letter Sir Brian notes the Government’s statement that “The Inquiry’s closure does not mean our work is over, and the Government remains committed to engaging with the community and acting on the Inquiry’s findings.”
There is an annex to…
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Update on Sir Robert Francis compensation framework study
The summaries cover meetings with people who have been bereaved, infected with hepatitis C, infected with HIV, multiple or co-infected, other people who have been affected, recognised legal...
Update on January hearings
Hearings will continue from Tuesday 18 January with the Chair, Sir Brian Langstaff, and the Inquiry QC, Jenni Richards, in the hearing room at Aldwych House.
However, in view of the current high...
Letter of Instruction to Public Health and Administration Group
The Inquiry has published its letter of instruction to the Public Health and Administration expert group, convened by Professor Charles Vincent and Lord Michael Bichard.
The expert group has been...
Further instruction letter to Hepatitis expert group published
The Infected Blood Inquiry has commissioned a supplementary report from the hepatitis expert group (convened by Dr Graham Cooke) about palliative care for people with advanced liver disease.
The...
Inquiry Chair sets out plans for hearings in 2022
The Inquiry will resume hearings on blood services from the week of 17 January 2022. The latest timetable can be found here.
The Inquiry will then take evidence on blood transfusion policy and...
New nominations to the Clinical, and Public Health and Administration expert groups
Clinical expert groupThe Inquiry is nominating three experts in palliative care to join the clinical expert group. They are:
Dr Hazel Woodland, a speciality registrar in hepatology and...
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 publishes timetable and opens registration for hearings in January and February 2022
The timetable for hearings taking place from 17 January - 11 February has now been published here, and you can register to attend here. We are asking people to do this by Tuesday 30 November.
These...
Inquiry updates December hearings timetable
Following the cancellation of hearings during the week of 15 November, the Inquiry has made a number of changes to the December timetable.
You can read the revised timetable here.
Dr Tony Napier...
Compensation Framework Study update from Sir Robert Francis
Following recent meetings and correspondence with participants, Sir Robert Francis has extended the deadline for written submissions to Sunday 19 December. In line with this, Sir Robert’s report to...
Inquiry publishes December hearings timetable and indicative weeks for spring 2022 hearings
The Inquiry has published the timetable for public hearings examining blood services from 30 November - 10 December and you can register to attend here. We are asking people to register by Friday 12...
Update from Sir Robert Francis on compensation study
Sir Robert Francis has issued a further statement today providing additional information about the meetings he plans to hold as part of his compensation framework study, and the deadline for written...