An organ donor who was infected with HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion after a fatal crash passed on the virus to all the recipients of his donated kidneys, heart
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A former police officer, a care worker who almost took her own life and the widow of a man whose HIV was kept secret from them both have told an
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Victims of the contaminated blood scandal have told an inquiry how medical records were “destroyed”. A father fought back tears as he told the Infected Blood Inquiry his teenage son
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A man who was not told he had hepatitis C which was likely linked to infected blood products until nine years after being diagnosed has told an inquiry there was
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The Infected Blood Inquiry will hold its first hearings in Scotland later. Since the UK-wide inquiry began hearing evidence from witnesses in April, dozens of victims of the contaminated blood
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A retired senior NHS manager has described how she was “made to feel like a leper” after she found out she had contracted Hepatitis C following a series of blood
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Haemophiliac schoolboys were placed on a trial of American blood products which led to them being infected with HIV, the official inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal has been told.
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The Government has been accused of creating a hierarchy among contaminated blood victims by allowing varying support payments across the UK. A haemophiliac, who along with his twin brother contracted
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A haemophiliac infected with hepatitis from contaminated blood products has spoken publicly about his ordeal for the first time. Paul Kirkpatrick, from Londonderry, gave evidence to the first Northern Ireland
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A campaigner whose father died from contaminated blood has accused the Government of offering victims “means-tested scraps” as a new inquiry gets under way. Jason Evans, whose father died in
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