Matt Hancock: Payments to victims of infected blood scandal should continue throughout life
Telegraph, 22 May 2021
The Government will pay compensation to people affected by the contaminated blood scandal if an ongoing inquiry recommends it, the Health Secretary has said.
Matt Hancock told the Infected Blood Inquiry on Friday that the Government had a "moral responsibility" to address the issues associated with the scandal.
The inquiry is examining how thousands of patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.
About 2,400 people died in what has been labelled the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.
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Matt Hancock told the Infected Blood Inquiry on Friday that the Government had a "moral responsibility" to address the issues associated with the scandal.
The inquiry is examining how thousands of patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.
About 2,400 people died in what has been labelled the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.
Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/21/video-matt-hancock-says-payments-victims-infected-blood-scandal/
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