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Finally, some justice for the infected blood scandal's victims

17 August 2022

9:34 PM

17 August 2022

9:34 PM

Why has the greatest patient scandal in the history of the NHS rumbled on for so long before its victims even start to see justice?

Today the government awarded £100,000 in interim compensation to around 4,000 survivors of the contaminated blood scandal, as recommended by Sir Robert Francis, who published a report on the matter earlier this year.

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