Wednesday, 27 September 2017

Contaminated blood scandal victims allowed to sue government

Contaminated blood scandal victims allowed to sue government More than 500 claimants – surviving victims and families of the deceased – given permission to seek compensation

More than 500 victims of the NHS contaminated blood scandal have been given permission to sue the government for compensation.

The claimants, a mix of haemophiliac survivors and relatives of those killed by infected blood products over the past 30 years, were granted a ­group litigation order to begin proceedings in the high court at a preliminary hearing in ­London yesterday. The judge dismissed attempts by Department of Health lawyers to delay the claim. Continue reading... The Guardian

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