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Inquiry publishes financial report
We have published a report which details the Inquiry’s annual expenditure for the 2024-25 financial year up to 31 March 2025, following the sponsor department, the Cabinet Office, laying their audited accounts.
The report shows that the Inquiry spent £5.511 million in 2024-25. This was the lowest annual spend to date and 2025-26 will be lower.
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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...
Preliminary hearings now complete
The Infected Blood Inquiry has now completed three days of preliminary hearings at Church House in London.
During these hearing the Inquiry heard opening statements from the Chair of the Inquiry, Sir...
Update on the expert groups ahead of the preliminary hearings
To help get to the truth of what has happened in the most authoritative and transparent way possible, the Chair is appointing expert groups to advise him openly. These will cover the relevant fields...
Further details on the preliminary hearings
The programme for the three days has now been published, along with a fact-sheet with details including times for registration, the nature of the commemoration, and psychological support for people...
Sharing your experience with the Inquiry
Sir Brian Langstaff, the Chair of the Inquiry, and the Inquiry team are very grateful to the large number of people who are infected and affected who have completed the Inquiry’s form saying how they...
Update on preliminary hearings in September
Sir Brian's letter explains that the three days of preliminary hearings from Monday 24th to Wednesday 26th September at Church House will be an opportunity for core participants (or their legal...