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. let s 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 tha
applause it should recognise and acknowledge notjust it should recognise and acknowledge not just the suffering it should recognise and acknowledge notjust the suffering but it should recognise and acknowledge not just the suffering but the fact that the suffering was the result of errors, wrong is done and delays incurred. it should provide vindication to those who have waited for that for so long. applause and it should be accompanied by action. applause action obviously to recognise and remember what happened to so many people and to learn from the inquiry. action to implement recommendations i made over one year ago. applause to set up a proper compensation scheme. applause a major task is the further work to be done in each of the four health services, to put patient safety at their heart. now, ensuring patient safety culture is not an easy task. inquiry after inquiry has recommended it and it has not been achieved as yet. what i recommend is that where an individual is
From the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC): IBBC hosted the sixth Iraqi SME conference at the Methodist Hall in Westminster. With over 40 companies visiting from Iraq and leaders of the chambers of commerce, the agenda was full and designed to meet their business and trading requirements from the UK. Baroness Nicholson opened the conference with