Thursday 27 April 2017

Andy Burnham demands NHS contaminated blood inquiry

Andy Burnham demands NHS contaminated blood inquiry Outgoing Labour MP says there was an industrial-scale cover-up over infection of haemophiliacs with HIV and hepatitis

Andy Burnham used his last speech as an MP to demand an inquiry into a “criminal cover-up on an industrial scale” in the NHS over the historic use of contaminated blood.

Burnham, who is resigning as an MP to stand as Labour’s candidate to be the mayor of Manchester, threatened to pass evidence to the police if the government failed to act. He said that MPs including himself had failed thousands of patients involved. Continue reading... The Guardian

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