Gay blood donations ban likely to be lifted – BBC News

Posted September 8th, 2011 in blood products, HIV, homosexuality, news by sally

“The lifetime ban on blood donations by men who have sex with men is expected to be lifted in the UK.”

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BBC News, 8th September 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

R (Moore) v Skipton Fund Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted December 3rd, 2010 in blood products, compensation, judicial review, law reports, time limits by sally

R (Moore) v Skipton Fund Ltd [2010] EWHC 3070 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 308

“For the purposes of a claim for an ex gratia payment from public funds, there was nothing irrational or unfair in requiring certain people infected with hepatitis C through treatment with NHS blood or blood products prior to September 1991, to show that spontaneous clearance of the virus after a period of six months had occurred.”

WLR Daily, 2nd December 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

No compensation for hepatitis C blood transfusion woman – BBC News

Posted December 1st, 2010 in blood products, compensation, hospitals, news by sally

“A woman who was infected with hepatitis C during a blood transfusion more than 20 years ago has lost a High Court bid for compensation.”

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BBC News, 1st December 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ex-model challenges infected blood damages scheme – The Independent

Posted November 23rd, 2010 in blood products, compensation, hospitals, news by sally

“A former model infected with hepatitis C after being given a blood transfusion more than 20 years ago is challenging the legality of the Government’s compensation scheme.”

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The Independent, 23rd November 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Composer wins contaminated blood payout challenge – The Independent

Posted April 19th, 2010 in blood products, compensation, judicial review, medical treatment, news by sally

“An award-winning composer who contracted HIV and Hepatitis C through NHS treatment with contaminated blood products today won his legal challenge over compensation payments.”

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The Independent, 16th April 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Composer wins compensation review over contaminated blood – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 16th, 2010 in blood products, compensation, judicial review, news by sally

“An award-winning composer who contracted HIV and Hepatitis C through NHS treatment with contaminated blood products has won a legal challenge over compensation payments.”

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Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

New deal urged for blood scandal victims – The Guardian

Posted February 23rd, 2009 in blood products, compensation, news by sally

“The government will today come under pressure to forge a new compensation deal for thousands of people with haemophilia who were given blood tainted with HIV and hepatitis C, as a long-awaited report from an independent inquiry into the scandal is published.”

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The Guardian, 23rd February 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

HIV couple sue in British courts – BBC News

Posted September 4th, 2007 in blood products, HIV, negligence, news by sally

“A Cardiff couple infected with HIV via contaminated blood products are taking their fight to the British courts.”

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BBC News, 3rd September 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk  

Government in dock as HIV couple sue US drug firms in blood scandal – The Guardian

Posted September 3rd, 2007 in blood products, HIV, negligence, news by sally

“Lawyers for a couple infected with HIV through contaminated blood products are hoping to reopen the issue of government responsibility for the scandal in the British courts.”

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The Guardian, 3rd September 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk