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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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Newsletter
The most recent edition of the Infected Blood Inquiry newsletter has now been published and you can view this in the link provided below.
If you would like to access past newsletters issued by the...
Local meetings with the Inquiry team
The Inquiry will be holding local meetings for people infected and affected across the UK in the weeks of 17 and 24 April, and the first week of May. The aim of these meetings is to share updates on...
Sir Brian Langstaff’s remarks at the end of the hearings
The Chair of the Inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff, has today announced his intention to make a further interim report about the Compensation Framework Study by Sir Robert Francis KC.
Sir Brian said:
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Inquiry updates guidance for criticism in final report
In January 2019 we published a statement of approach outlining how the Inquiry would handle the warning letter procedure set out in the Inquiry Rules 2006. Today we have published an addition to that...
Inquiry publishes supplementary report on virology
The Inquiry has published a short report by the virology and transfusion experts in the hepatitis expert group.
In its letter of instruction the Inquiry asked for information on the following...
Newsletter
The most recent edition of the Infected Blood Inquiry newsletter has now been published and you can view this in the link provided below.
If you would like to access past newsletters issued by the...
Inquiry publishes expert report on childhood bereavement
The Inquiry has published a report by the psychosocial expert group on the impacts on children who were bereaved due to their parent(s) having been treated with infected blood products or blood.
In...
Inquiry publishes timetable for final oral submissions
The Inquiry has published the timetable for the weeks beginning 16, 23 and 30 January. The updated timetable is available here.
During this fortnight the Inquiry will hear oral submissions from...
Supplementary letter on virology issued to Hepatitis expert group
The Infected Blood Inquiry has commissioned a supplementary report from the virology and blood transfusion experts in the hepatitis expert group (convened by Professor Graham Cooke). The Inquiry has...
Inquiry publishes timetable for evidence relevant to potential recommendations
The Inquiry has published the timetable for the weeks beginning 7 November and 14 November. The updated timetable is available here.
During this fortnight the Inquiry will hear evidence that is...
Further instruction letter to Psychosocial expert group published
The Infected Blood Inquiry has commissioned a supplementary report, from the psychosocial expert group (convened by Professor John Weinman) about the psychosocial impacts on children bereaved in...
Inquiry publishes report by the Statistics Expert Group
The Inquiry has published a report by the Statistics Expert Group. The report gives the group’s findings from their investigations into the number of infections from blood and blood products in the UK...