At a glance: Infected blood inquiry's key findings
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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. Inquiry chair Brian Langstaff said more than 30,000 people received infected blood and
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Infected blood inquiry: Leeds woman welcomes findings of report into scandal after dad's death
Louise Edwards, from Churwell, was just 12-years-old when her dad died. He was one of around 30,000 people who are believed to have been infected with HIV by imported blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. Today (May 20), an inquiry identified a “catalogue of systemic failures” by the NHS and successive governments in addressing the implications of the disaster. Its final report, which was more than 2,000 pages long, described an “attitude of denial” about the risks of imported blood products...
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The infected blood scandal has destroyed our lives – it’s not murder, it’s much more brutal than that
VICTIMS of the infected blood scandal have demanded justice after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak offered a “wholehearted” apology. The Prime Minister apologised today saying it was a “