21 May 2024 - "Day of shame": Rishi Sunak offers apology for infected blood scandal
Infected blood scandal – what you need to know
Emma Cave and Bobbie Farsides (The Conversation, 17/05/2024)
The infected blood scandal has been hailed the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS. Over 3,000 people have died as a result of receiving contaminated blood products in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, and it is estimated that an infected person still dies every four days.
Infected blood: UK reckons with its worst health scandal
Dan Bloom and Matt Honeycomb-Foster (Politico, 20/05/2024)
It’s been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the National Health Service.
Thousands of people in the U.K. died — with many more falling ill — after being treated with unsafe blood products between 1970 and 1991.
More than 30,000 infected and 3,000 dead: The shocking numbers behind the infected blood scandal
Jabed Ahmed (The Independent, 20/05/2024)
The worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS has been exposed in a damning public inquiry.
A 2,527-page report into the “shameful” infected blood scandal has accused the government and NHS of a calamity of failures that left 30,000 patients infected with HIV and hepatitis.
Infected blood scandal: Sunak promises 'comprehensive' blood compensation
André Rhoden-Paul (BBC News, 21/05/2024)
The prime minister said the government would pay "whatever it costs" following a damning report on the scandal, which saw 30,000 people infected.
A public inquiry found authorities had exposed victims to unacceptable risks and covered up the NHS's biggest treatment disaster.