Enda Brady: UK correspondent on Britain's infected blood scandal racking up £10bn in compensation costs
May 21 2024
4 mins
It's been predicted over £10 billion could be given to the victims impacted by Britain's infected blood scandal. More than 30,000 people received infected blood and products in the 1970s and 80s, from the state-funded National Health Service. 3,000 people died, and thousands more contracted hepatitis or HIV. UK correspondent Enda Brady says Prime Minister Sunak has pledged financi