Blood scandal payouts heap fresh cost pressure on UK government
Ministers briefed to expect ‘significant additional costs’ as UK widens payouts for worst-ever health scandal.
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UK infected blood scandal: what happened in other countries?
Victims in Britain have finally gained a measure of justice – elsewhere the fight has had varying outcomesOn Monday, infected blood victims in the UK finally felt they had obtained a measure of justice and closure, nearly 50 years after the scandal beg…
UK’s infected blood scandal could and should have been avoided, inquiry finds
An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3,000 deaths and thousands more contracting hepatitis or HIV, a public inquiry reported on Monday (20 May).