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Infected Blood Inquiry. Read indexed debates, questions, statements and early day motions, with links to the original parliamentary records.

394 indexed mentions for this inquiry Earliest recorded mention: 15 March 1990
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Health Services: Standards

Written Question House of Commons
Rachael Maskell · Labour Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government has taken to (a) understand the potential risk of and (b) prevent future health system failures similar to those that led to the infected blood scandal.

Government answer

Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care

The final report of the Infected Blood Inquiry describes the many failings of successive governments, including historic failings in the Department and its predecessor departments. The Department will study the report to make sure the lessons of Sir Brian’s inquiry are learned, and that these mistakes can never be repeated.

Original parliamentary record

Blood: Contamination

Written Question House of Commons
Rachael Maskell · Labour Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the final report of the Infected Blood Inquiry, published on 20 May 2024.

Original parliamentary record

Blood: Contamination

Written Question House of Commons
Rachael Maskell · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to start compensation payments once the Infected Blood Inquiry publishes its final report.

Original parliamentary record

Blood: Contamination

Written Question House of Commons
Rachael Maskell · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many ongoing contaminated blood cases there are in each parliamentary constituency.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

There is no readily available data on the number of cases of infected blood in each parliamentary constituency.

The Infected Blood Inquiry published a report from its Statistical Expert Group in September 2022, which provides findings on the numbers of infections with HIV, Hepatitis C virus, Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob (vCJD) disease and Hepatitis B. This is a useful insight into the scope of this tragedy and highlights the uncertainty associated with determining the figures of those infected.

Original parliamentary record