Following the hearings held on 7-8 May, the Inquiry is gathering further evidence from the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) and Cabinet Office. The written statements and documents will be published on the Inquiry website in the usual way.
The Inquiry has also invited submissions from recognised legal representatives and unrepresented core participants about the conclusions they think the Inquiry should reach and the recommendations they hope the Inquiry will make.
As part of this, the Inquiry is inviting recognised legal representatives and unrepresented core participants to make submissions on a proposal to help establish the most appropriate way of achieving a scheme of prioritisation which both is fair and commands the greatest trust.
The proposal is designed to ensure that as many people as possible live to see their suffering recognised by the State, to maximise the number who live long enough to receive some benefit from compensation, to minimise the wait for people who have yet to receive any compensation and to enable everyone to have confidence that the order in which recognition is received is transparent.
In other words, it is aimed at achieving a measure of broad fairness in the order in which claims are assessed, whilst acknowledging that every claim must be determined as soon as possible. You can read it here.