Tuesday, 12 February 2019

Cover-up fears as hundreds of contaminated blood files 'vanish' before inquiry can see them

Cover-up fears as hundreds of contaminated blood files 'vanish' before inquiry can see them Victims of the contaminated blood scandal have raised fears of a cover-up after it emerged hundreds of "crucial" documents were removed by government officials and are now missing.

Following the start of the Infected Blood Inquiry last year a Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) found around 950 files relating to blood policy had been "checked out" by staff over a period of years.

The report was released under Freedom of Information laws to campaigner Jason Evans, whose father died in 1993 having contracted hepatitis and HIV. The Independent

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