Tag: Contaminated blood scandal
about 2 years ago
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Health officials thought victims would win tainted blood court case, secret memo reveals

Newly uncovered Department of Health document from 1995 states a senior civil servant thought "on a straight calculat...

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over 2 years ago
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Margaret Thatcher vetoed HIV/Aids awareness broadcast but 'wasn't a bigot', blood inquiry told

Norman Fowler said neither Number 10 nor the Treasury considered the issue a priority in the mid-1980s, despite the g...

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over 2 years ago
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Tainted blood scandal that killed 2,400 'could have been avoided' says former health secretary

Norman Fowler said lives could have been saved if the UK had stopped importing blood products prior to 1981

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almost 3 years ago
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Ken Clarke tells Infected Blood Inquiry he 'wasn't responsible' for blood products in early 80s

Lord Clarke told the inquiry that the emerging controversy surrounding blood products was something that "hardly ever...

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almost 3 years ago
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'The Government left me to fend for myself after my husband died from AIDs'

The Health Secretary Matt Hancock gave evidence at the inquiry on Friday 21 May and promised to 'respect' its finding...

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