As of June 30, interim payments of more than £1billion have been made to patients infected with contaminated blood products and bereaved partners.

Infected blood victims’ families can apply for £100k compensation from October

The Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (NIBTS) has made the appeal to ensure hospitals across the region are stocked up ahead of the weekend.

Urgent appeal for blood donations over holiday period

Ian Walden from Guernsey was treated with contaminated blood plasma as a child. He was later diagnosed with Hepatitis C.

Blood scandal patient wants formal apology from UK Government

Sir Brian Langstaff also recommended interim payments of £100,000 be extended to deaths not yet recognised and to bereaved children and parents.

Milestone compensation recommendation for infected blood survivors 

Steve Dymond from Broadstairs in Kent died after contracting hepatitis C from contaminated blood in one of the biggest scandals in NHS history.

Inquest into death of Kent man given hepatitis infected blood by NHS concludes

British charity Who is Hussain officially announced they had broken the world record on Saturday, with a total number of 37,018 blood donations.

British charity breaks world record for most blood donations in a day

Some 350 health centres in 23 countries are taking part.

Blood donor world record attempt aims to boost low NHS stocks

Stuart Maclean, who is one of up to 30,000 given infected blood, lost his job and nearly took his own life after learning what had happened to him.

Man 'lost everything' after receiving blood infected with hepatitis C by NHS

ITV Central reporter Ravneet Nandra reports on five-year-old Vinnie from Birmingham who is waiting for a heart transplant. Vinnie Holliday is on nine different types of medication a day to keep him stable while a donor is found. 

Vinnie Holliday, who is from Birmingham, was born with half of the vital organ missing in 2016 and could end up waiting three years for a heart transplant.

Five-year-old Vinnie with 'half a heart' waits for his life-saving donor

The contaminated blood scandal has been labelled the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.

Parents tell blood inquiry of heartache at losing 10-year-old Lee

The Hull MP praised the Prime Minister for setting up the Contaminated Blood Inquiry but urgently called for compensation for victims.

Diana Johnson: 'Compensate blood scandal victims now'

John Cornes said he does not know how long he has left and that he "could die next month".

Infected Blood Inquiry told how brothers were branded ‘AIDS family’

Derek Martindale, giving evidence on the first day of the Infected Blood Inquiry, was diagnosed with HIV in 1985 and given a year to live.


Man who contracted HIV from contaminated blood products told not to tell anyone

More than 3,000 people died after being treated with blood products infected with Hepatitis viruses and HIV during the 1970s and 1980s.


Inquiry to open into potential cover-up behind contaminated blood scandal

Henry Alderson from Colchester is Essex has had 40 blood transfusions even though he's yet to celebrate this third birthday.

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