Infected blood inquiry
Real-life stories of the people affected by what has been called the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history. More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C after being given contaminated blood products during the 1970s and 1980s.
'My first ever memory is the last time I saw my dad alive'
People affected by the contaminated blood scandal share their stories.
"A life sentence" infected blood in Workington
Stuart Hall was a teenager when he received an infected blood transfusion in the 1980s.
Blood Scandal: Branded an “undesirable immigrant”
Sue from Sheffield discovered by accident she had hepatitis C
Northfield victim of infected blood scandal
Marc Payton from Northfield was one of those who died of HIV and Hepatitis C in 2003.
'Nobody should have to see so many people die'
Thousands of people were given contaminated blood products infected with HIV & hepatitis.
Infected blood scandal: ‘Hundreds have died’
Joan Edgington from Taunton is one of the key witnesses in the public inquiry.
Infected blood ‘left my dad a shell’
Stuart Cantrill from Cambridge’s dad was one of the victims of the infected blood scandal
Essex and the infected blood scandal
Adam was infected with hepatitis C in the 1980s through treatment for severe haemophilia.
York man's "devastating" infected blood story
Joanita Musisi speaks to Norman Revill from York.
Contaminated blood "ripped our family apart"
Meg Parsons’ brother Rob died in 1991 after receiving blood products infected with HIV.
'I felt like the government killed my brother'
Anna Snowdon spoke to Rich Newton who lost his brother due to the infected blood scandal.
Norfolk: Contaminated blood ‘I felt dirty’
A woman from Dereham was given contaminated blood and was infected with Hepatitis C.
‘Dad was killed, our lives were turned upside down’
Chris Smith was 8 when his father contracted a fatal illness from contaminated blood.
Infected blood scandal: A Tyneside family's story
Luke Walton looks into the devastating impact the blood scandal had on a Tyneside family.
Worcester man ‘experimented on without consent’
Andy contracted Hepatitis C and HIV when he was five years old.
Rosemary in Sywell: My son received infected blood
Rosemary Calder's son Nicholas was given infected blood and died at 25
Berkshire infected blood victim was told "be grateful"
Matt Lincoln, from Shinfield, contracted hepatitis C from contaminated blood in the 1980s.
Alton schoolboys used as 'guinea pigs'
It's been described as the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.
"I was expendable" the blood scandal in Warrington
"I'm not worth the investment of those few pounds to check the blood was OK."
Blood Matters
Blanche Girouard explores the UK's contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 1980s.
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