Thousands of Britons are to get interim compensation payments of £100,000 after the government accepted the findings of an initial inquiry into the tainted blood transfusion scandal.
Campaigners gave a cautious welcome to the news.
Following on from recommendations made in a public inquiry headed by Sir Brian Lanstaff, the British government announced on Aug. 17 that it will make payments to the infected and bereaved partners this October 2022.
The tainted blood scandal dates back to the 1970s and 80s. It has cost thousands of lives, although estimates vary on the number of people who died. For decades, people were infected by the NHS with contaminated blood imported from the United States….