Sibling eligibility payouts extended
The Herald|December 18, 2024
THE first few victims of the infected blood scandal have received their final compensation pay outs, the Government has said as it extended eligibility criteria for siblings to get compensation.
Sibling eligibility payouts extended

Cabinet Office Minister Nick ThomasSymonds said that those whose brothers or sisters were infected with potentially deadly viruses while receiving care should be fairly compensated.

He also announced yesterday that the Government “accepts in full or accepts in principle” all of the 12 recommendations made as part of the Infected Blood Inquiry.

More than 30,000 people were given infected blood, or infected blood products, between the 1970s and early 1990s while undergoing NHS care.

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