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The approach in Scotland was entirely based on trusting the judgement of the potential applicant, and there was no need for a healthcare professional to be involved.

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The Review Group recommended that provision should be made for those under the scheme as "Stage one" recipients to self-assess as minimally affected, moderately affected or severely affected.

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In her oral evidence to the Inquiry, Samantha Baker commented that one of the difficulties the Scottish Government faced when seeking changes in levels of assistance from the AHOs, was that any change required all four nations to agree and to identify additional funding.

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In her oral evidence to the Inquiry, Samantha Baker stated that while SIBSS was being set up, the Scottish Government made the payments at the new level through the Skipton Fund and MFET from December 2016.

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In their oral evidence to the Inquiry, Samantha Baker and Mairi Gougeon confirmed that the new scheme expressly remained one for the making of ex gratia payments and were not intended to be compensatory.

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In his oral evidence to the Inquiry, Martin Bell said that he didn't see any drawbacks to the self-certification process and that on the assumption that they trusted their members, they didn't think introducing additional bureaucracy, which would potentially slow things down, would work.

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In her oral evidence, Samantha Baker told the Inquiry that parity had not been a prominent part of the regular four nations' meetings until 2019.

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Samantha Baker agreed in her oral evidence to the Inquiry that by mid 2020 there had not been much progress over the previous year as "the UK Government hadn't been able to secure any additional funding."

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In her oral evidence to the Inquiry, Samantha Baker confirmed that by the end of 2020 there had been no significant progress or developments regarding the achievement of parity.

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The move towards greater parity between the four national schemes gathered momentum in March 2021.

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In his oral evidence to the Inquiry, Martin Bell confirmed that SIBSS would assist potential beneficiaries to access their medical records during the application process for the scheme by speaking to the GP or health board.

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In his written statement to the Inquiry, Bill Wright stated that the Group focused on the lack of trust felt by survivors and: "On the basis that the mental health impacts were 'incontrovertible', provision should be made for those under the scheme as 'Stage one' recipients to self-assess as minimally affected, moderately affected or severely affected."

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On the financial and clinical review groups Bill Wright commented in his written evidence to the Inquiry: "I felt that the voices of the infected and affected had, for once, been listened to."

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In her oral evidence to the Inquiry, Samantha Baker said that the Scottish Government and SIBSS had made a number of other changes to the scheme as a result of stakeholder or beneficiary feedback.

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In her oral evidence to the Inquiry, Samantha Baker said the UK Government announced it would provide funding to enable broad parity of annual and lump sum payments between the four national schemes. Equivalent statements were made in Wales and Northern Ireland but as the Scottish Government was in a pre-election period, a corresponding statement was not made but an indicative statement was provided on the SIBSS website and within the next newsletter.

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The SIBSS website published a summary of changes to the scheme payments in light of the UK Government announcement of 25 March.

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In a written statement by the Welsh Government it was stated that "The enhanced payment will be equivalent to the current rate of payment for those at Stage 2 hepatitis C infection, which is 18,500 per annum."

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During oral evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry Matt Hancock stated that EIBSS was not a compensation scheme but instead a support scheme.

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During oral evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry William Vineall stated that the Department of Health had intended to make the announcement of additional funding for impacted individuals at the beginning of the Inquiry's oral hearings but that it would also have done so irrespective of the Inquiry.

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During oral evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry Brendan Brown confirmed that EIBSS did not get involved with obtaining supporting medical records but instead singposted individuals where they could procure them.

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