April 2022 Today marks more than 2.5 years on from giving my oral witness statement to the Infected Blood Public Inquiry. Sadly, we are still seeing a victim of this scandal die every ninety six hours, as the commitments made by the British government remain without action. In my closing statement I spoke from the heart and I […]
Read moreThe Contaminated Blood & Blood Products Public Inquiry The Inquiry will examine why men, women and children in the UK were given infected blood and/or infected blood products; the impact on their families; how the authorities (including government) responded; the nature of any support provided following infection; questions of consent; and whether there was a cover-up. For more details, […]
Read moreContaminated Blood Scandal Updates & Media Panorama – Contaminated Blood: The Search for the Truth Published on 11 May 2017 It has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS. More than 2,000 people died and thousands more were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C after being treated with contaminated blood products. All the victims […]
Read moreISSUE IDENTIFIED IN BPL PLASMA PRODUCTS PRODUCTION 19TH JULY 2017 JEFFERSON COURTNEY The Department of Health (DH) published a statement (below) this morning regarding an issue identified during a routine inspection of Bio Products Laboratory (BPL) and their production of plasma derived blood products. The statement says that there was a problem with the computer software which controls the […]
Read moreCampaigner, researcher and founder of Haemosexual, Mark Ward said: “I am so proud to call myself a friend of Charles MacKenzie from Australia. For the first time, on both sides of the planet, victims of the tainted blood scandal are working together. The path to bringing those responsible for terrible human injustices […]
Read moreNEWS MPs vote for the Government to bring forward revised proposals for Contaminated Blood support 24 November 2016 MPs today voted for the Government to bring forward revised proposals for Contaminated Blood support and approved, without a division, a motion criticising the reformed scheme announced this summer. In a debate in the House of Commons this afternoon on Reform of […]
Read moreKeeping Their Memory Alive: World AIDS Day Categories: Adult Men, Adult Women, Community Voices, Families, HFA News, Mom’s Blog: Infusing Love, Young Adults December 1, 2013 Had I been the Matthew my mother was expecting to give birth to, my life would have been astronomically different. I was born right around the time the first factor concentrates to treat hemophilia were available for home use. Had I […]
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