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Inquiry publishes Note from Counsel
On 9 April 2025, the Inquiry announced that it will hold hearings on 7-8 May about the timeliness and adequacy of the Government’s response to compensation.
The Inquiry also announced that it would publish a Note from Counsel to the Inquiry outlining the issues likely to be explored at the hearings.
The Note from Counsel has now been published, and can be viewed here.…
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Inquiry launches innovative way to collect evidence
A new method of collecting evidence from infected and affected people has been established by the Infected Blood Inquiry today.
Many people have told the Inquiry that the stigma attached to their...
Inquiry publishes List of Issues
The Infected Blood Inquiry has today published its List of Issues. This document will help guide the Inquiry’s investigative work to meet its terms of reference.
The List of Issues seeks to...
Update on local meetings with the Inquiry team
The Inquiry will be holding meetings for people who have been infected and/or affected and who would like to get an update from the Inquiry team in a location near where they live.
The team will be...
Newsletter
We have published our first newsletter which is designed to provide a short update on the work of the Inquiry.
Please click on the link below to view the full newsletter.
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Inquiry Chair welcomes waiving of legal privilege by Department of Health and MHRA
The Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff, has welcomed the decision by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency...
Sir Brian Langstaff calls for action to help patients access medical records
Sir Brian Langstaff, the Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry, has written to the four heads of the national health services in the UK following reports from people participating in the Inquiry that...
Local meetings with the Inquiry team
The Inquiry will be holding meetings for people affected throughout the UK in the first months of 2019, ahead of the public hearings starting at the end of April.
The aim of these meetings is to...
Insight: The work of the Inquiry - Paralegal team
The largest group of Inquiry staff are paralegals. Some are law graduates who will subsequently go on to qualify as barristers or solicitors. Others are already qualified and have only recently...
Government statement on financial support, panel members and retention of records
The Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Lidington CBE MP, has today laid a written ministerial statement in the House of Commons regarding the work of the Inquiry following a letter from the Chair...
Sir Brian Langstaff calls on government to take “decisive action” over financial support for infected and affected
The Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff, has written to the Cabinet Office drawing attention to the current financial support schemes that see infected and affected people across...
Psychological support provided by the Inquiry
The wellbeing of people participating in the Inquiry is extremely important to the Chair, Sir Brian Langstaff. The Inquiry is funding a confidential support service for anyone affected by treatment...
Telephone support extended
The wellbeing of people taking part in the Inquiry is important and during the preliminary hearings in Church House and in the days afterwards a confidential support service was offered by the British...