Officials have confirmed that the payments will be extended to the estates of people who have died.
Campaigners, including many who are personally infected and affected by infected blood, protest in Westminster
The Infected Blood Inquiry, which is due to publish its final report on May 20, made its final recommendations on compensation for victims and their loved ones in April 2023. Specific groups have not been named in the update from Government, such as the children of those infected, but they may receive money from the interim payment to the estate of the person who has died.Tony Farrugia, whose haemophiliac father died in 1986 after being infected with HIV and hepatitis through contaminated blood products, met with Cabinet Office Minister John Glen to discuss compensation on Wednesday.
“As far as children go, he said that either on May 20 or soon after, children would be able to register with a skeleton arms-length body.” “People should have been able to make these claims last year, as the inquiry recommended, but instead we’re still standing around talking about it.
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