Payout expected to be extended to families of victims who contracted HIV and hepatitis C from contaminated transfusions

UK faces bill of up to £10bn to cover blood scandal compensation

The compensation bill for those affected by the NHS contaminated blood scandal could reach £10bn, according to officials, in a further blow to the UK’s stretched public finances.
Ministers have accepted the “moral case” for compensating families of the victims of the scandal, in which tens of thousands of people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through tainted blood transfusions.
This story originally appeared on: Financial Times - Author:George Parker