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Health Secretary to give evidence before infected blood inquiry


Health Secretary Matt Hancock will give evidence to the inquiry into the infected blood scandal on Friday afternoon.
Mr Hancock is due to appear before the Infected Blood Inquiry and is expected to be quizzed about compensation and support for those affected by the scandal.
The inquiry is examining how thousands of patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.
About 2,400 people died in what has been labelled the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.
Sir Brian Langstaff (Infected Blood Inquiry)
Des Collins, senior partner at Collins Solicitors – legal adviser to more than 1,500 people affected by the contaminated blood scandal – said: “The focus of his testimony will be the Government’s support scheme for some of those impacted by the infected blood scandal over the past 40 years. ....

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