UK government urged to compensate infected blood victims immediately

UK government urged to compensate infected blood victims immediately Pressure is growing for government to compensate victims of the contaminated blood scandal immediately.

The chair of the contaminated blood inquiry on Friday called for the victims and their families to be paid “without delay” after he recommended the level of interim compensation payments. Sir Brian Langstaff said infected people and bereaved partners should be given “payments of no less than £100,000”. The Guardian

See also:

• Ex-health secretaries call for urgent blood scandal pay-outs BBC News
• Blood scandal victims need quick payouts - lawyer BBC News
• Infected blood victims set for £400m in compensation BBC News
• Infected blood inquiry: victims should receive £100,000 each ‘without delay’ The Guardian