UK infected blood inquiry

What is the infected blood scandal and how many people died?

The infected blood public inquiry into how 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C after being given contaminated blood products during the 1970s and 1980s, is due to report its findings on 20 May.

The stories behind the infected blood scandal
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England
Posted
22 April
Infected blood inquiry: Five things we have learned
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Health
Posted
3 February 2023
The school where dozens died in NHS blood scandal
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UK
Posted
21 June 2021

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BBC Wales exposes the role of drugs companies, politicians and doctors, and asks: how did 3,000 people lose their lives to deadly diseases in blood?

Latest news

Infected blood victims living with undetected Hep C
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Health
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4 hours ago
Mum never got over injecting son with infected blood
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Scotland
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1 day ago
'The school was using the boys as guinea pigs'
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Gloucestershire
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2 days ago
Infected blood death stigma drove widow and son overseas
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Scotland
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4 days ago
Infected-blood victim 'angry' at lost records
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Wiltshire
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4 days ago
Infected blood victim not hopeful over payout deadline
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Health
Posted
1 May
What is the infected blood scandal and how many people died?
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Health
Posted
1 May
'Terribly sorry, your blood may be contaminated'
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Somerset
Posted
1 May
Ministers accept three-month deadline for blood scheme
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Health
Posted
30 April
Hepatitis C diagnosis 'like a death sentence'
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Somerset
Posted
27 April
Creator of infected blood memorial proud of site
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Wiltshire
Posted
24 April
MP shocked by blood scandal child 'experiments'
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Hull & East Yorkshire
Posted
24 April
'Sorry is not enough... it needs to be backed up'
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
22 April
'Doctors told me I'd die before I left school'
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London
Posted
22 April
'We lived a double life to hide my little boy's HIV'
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England
Posted
22 April
Call for infected blood inquiry to deliver justice
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Northampton
Posted
22 April
Infected blood victim mum 'treated like a sample'
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Health
Posted
22 April
'It was normal to have blood vials in our fridge'
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Leeds & West Yorkshire
Posted
22 April
'I was used as a lab rat' - infected blood victim
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England
Posted
22 April
Blood scandal victim demands formal apology
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Guernsey
Posted
22 April
'I just feel like they're waiting for me to die'
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Liverpool
Posted
22 April
'I want my brother’s infected blood death recognised'
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England
Posted
22 April
Blood victim who took his life 'mistrusted system'
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
22 April
Blood scandal victim says he is still traumatised
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Surrey
Posted
22 April