The Contaminated Blood & Blood Products Public Inquiry The Inquiry will examine why men, women and children in the UK were given infected blood and/or infected blood products; the impact on their families; how the authorities (including government) responded; the nature of any support provided following infection; questions of consent; and whether there was a cover-up. For more details, […]
Read moreMonkeypox diagnosed in UK for first time Monkeypox has been diagnosed in the UK for the first time, a public health body warns. The rare viral infection does not spread easily between humans and most people recover within a few weeks. Public Health England (PHE) said the patient was a resident of Nigeria where the virus was probably contracted. The […]
Read moreContaminated Blood Scandal Updates & Media Panorama – Contaminated Blood: The Search for the Truth Published on 11 May 2017 It has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS. More than 2,000 people died and thousands more were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C after being treated with contaminated blood products. All the victims […]
Read moreBlood victim’s story will be told in pioneering new Aids documentary 08:00 01 December 2016 Emma Youle Mark Ward. Picture: Polly Hancock A victim of the contaminated blood scandal will feature in a pioneering new documentary charting the Aids pandemic through the stories of those caught up in the crisis. Royal Free Hospital patient Mark Ward was told aged […]
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