Been infected. Yes, im very interested to speak, to speak to her. She was a young and plucky reporter who got wind of this, caught wind of this , and then went into this, and then went into investigation mode. And im very , very interested to hear whether she suffered quite a bit of pushback from within the medical community, whether she suffered some pushback politically , even, or from politically, even, or from fellow journalists, even because this was a huge scandal, a huge story that she decided to break in the mail on sunday. Well be talking to her about exactly what that was like at the time, and what she hopes will come out of this inquiry. 1230 its going to drop. Well have the report. Well know how much compensation , crucially, is going to be offered, but not just the compensation for those that have been affected. For those that have been in affected and affected by this scandal, lasting decades, ripping through the nhs, but also who knew what and when, what decisions were m
Langstaff who chaired the Infected Blood Scandal inquiry. He spoke for the last a0 minutes, it was a moving and rousing address where he went through some of the findings that his inquiry published in its final report today. Lets go through some of the main conclusions he made. He concluded that the Treatment Disaster could and should have been largely avoided. The five year investigation accuses doctors, the government and the nhs of trying to cover up what happened. They found patients were knowingly exposed to what he described as unacceptable risks and he found a catalogue of failures with catastrophic consequences. The Prime Minister, rishi sunak, is expected to issue an apology later on today. I am joined now by my colleague ali price who was also listening to what we heard from sir Brian Langstaff. 0ne was also listening to what we heard from sir Brian Langstaff. One of the overwhelming conclusions having listened to that and to so many other and Family Members is that feeling o
Next in your next hour. Well, the show always a delight to have your company 40 years in the making. Delay after delay, a systemic cover up, failures by the Civil Service, failures by the Civil Service, failures by the nhs, potentially its biggest ever scandal today was a momentous and emotional victory for those who put so much energy and effort into their campaigning work to see justice for those of the infected blood scandal. Ill be joined by campaigners, those infected themselves and also those who lost family members. How did this happen . How can we make sure it never happens again . And will those people be compensated adequately . Of course, some have passed away and some of those who assisted with the cover up will now never face justice, as they have also died. A huge talking point and lots of fun in the show too. Were cross into the show too. Were cross into ireland to hook up with some campaign goers who just stopped a migrant camp from going ahead. Real inspiring act of pe
Is one of the most powerful things that came out of this news conference, saying that behind every one of those thousands of people, Tens Of Thousands, they said who were affected, is a family. And thats a reminder, they said that saying sorry would go some way, but what would you be saying sorry for . But they would welcome an apology and it is expected when we hear from the Prime Minister later this afternoon there may be an apology on behalf of the government. And i want tojust behalf of the government. And i want to just say that in the last ten minutes or so, we saw some of the relatives behind me. You can still see them there in the distance and theyre holding a banner, its got theyre holding a banner, its got the faces of their beloved on it and the faces of their beloved on it and the caption simply says murdered. Thats the view that people feel here. It felt that many of the report felt that many of the deaths were largely avoidable, and the takeaway is the frustration and ang