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Infected Blood Inquiry · Infected Blood Inquiry Final Report · Issued 20 May 2024 · Addressed to: UK Government
Government responseUK Government: Accepted in part (May 2025)
DeliveryDepartment of Health and Social Care says in progress (Apr 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
The necessary administrative and clinical resources should be provided by hospital trusts and boards, integrated care boards, and service commissioners to facilitate multi-disciplinary regional networks to discuss policy and practice in haemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders care, provided they involve patients in their discussions.
Infected Blood Inquiry, Infected Blood Inquiry Final Report · 20 May 2024 Source PDF →
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In April 2026, Dr Zubir Ahmed, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, stated that work was in progress and that NHS England had drafted a proposed National Clinical Network Specification to establish multi-disciplinary regional networks (Dr Zubir Ahmed, Apr 2026). The Minister reported in that April 2026 response that the specification remains dependent on additional funding, which the UK Government previously noted in May 2025 had not yet been identified (Cabinet Office response, May 2025; Dr Zubir Ahmed, Apr 2026).
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Government response
●UK Government · Accepted in part · 14 May 2025
Recommendation 9d: The need to develop and strengthen multi-disciplinary regional networks to discuss policy and practice in haemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders to improve patient care and support standardisation is supported by the clinical community. NHS England has drafted a proposed National Clinical Network Specification specifically for these networks, which would embed key new requirements for providers to participate in a networked model of care. This would require additional funding to implement, as is the case with other clinical network models, in recognition of the staff time required, and funding has not yet been identified.
Extract from: Full Government Response to the Infected Blood Inquiry's May 2024 Report
Delivery
●Department of Health and Social Care says in progress · 16 Apr 2026
Regarding 9d, the Clinical Community and the NHS England Clinical Reference Group for Blood Disorders supports the need to develop and strengthen multi-disciplinary networks. NHS England has drafted a proposed National Clinical Network Specification specifically for these networks, which is dependent on additional funding, and which would embed key new requirements for providers to participate in a networked model of care.
From: Infected Blood Inquiry (written question 124052), Dr Zubir Ahmed
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