Contaminated blood victims are still being let down by government, say campaigners

Campaigners representing victims of the UK infected blood scandal say that government plans for a compensation scheme “fall far short” of proposals by the former High Court judge leading the public inquiry into the disaster.The former judge, Brian Langstaff, issued an interim report a year ago calling for a compensation scheme to be set up urgently for people affected by government failings that allowed thousands to be given blood and blood products infected with HIV and hepatitis C in the 1970s and 1980s. The work of the scheme should begin in 2023, he said.1Last December, when the Victims and Prisoners Bill—introduced to deal with victims of crime and prisoner release —was going through the House of Commons, a Labour led amendment requiring the government to set up an independent body to administer infected blood compensation was passed by 246 votes to 242. The new clause required the government to set…
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