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Sir Brian Langstaff has written to the Chief Executive of Public Health England (PHE) to express his disappointment at the lack of attention paid in a recent PHE report into hepatitis infection through transfusion.
The annual ‘Hepatitis C in England’ report failed to highlight this route of infection and instead mainly focused on the risks associated with drug users.
…The Inquiry team will be holding local meetings between January and March for people who have been infected and/or affected. This is an opportunity to find out the latest updates on the work of the...
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...
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...
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...
We have published our first newsletter which is designed to provide a short update on the work of the Inquiry.
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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, 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...