Ensuring strong and accountable NHS leadership will be critical to fixing a broken NHS and delivering our Health Mission. We know the important role that high quality leadership plays in fostering a positive, compassionate, and transparent culture within ...
Department of Health and Social Care
Ensuring strong and accountable NHS leadership will be critical to fixing a broken NHS and delivering our Health Mission. We know the important role that high quality leadership plays in fostering a positive, compassionate, and transparent culture within ...
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ensure that affected (a) siblings, (b) children and (c) parents of deceased infected people receive the same Infected Blood compensation payments as affected partners of deceased people.
Cabinet Office
The compensation amounts available to people who are infected and affected differ depending on their circumstances. As recommended by the Inquiry, the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme has been designed as a tariff-based framework. The proposed tariffs h...
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ensure that Infected Blood compensation payments to the estates of deceased infected people are the same as those for living infected people.
Cabinet Office
The compensation amounts available to people who are infected and affected differ depending on their circumstances. As recommended by the Inquiry, the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme has been designed as a tariff-based framework. The proposed tariffs h...
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to (a) respond to the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry and (b) involve people affected by infected blood.
Cabinet Office
The Government is working closely with DHSC and other relevant departments and organisations to give the recommendations full consideration. We will provide an update to Parliament on the progress we are making to respond to the Inquiry’s recommendations ...
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In May, the Infected Blood Inquiry produced its final report and the country heard the full extent to which thousands of men, women, and children had their lives overturned by the use of infected blood and blood products in the NHS. The infected blood sca...
Cabinet Office
In May, the Infected Blood Inquiry produced its final report and the country heard the full extent to which thousands of men, women, and children had their lives overturned by the use of infected blood and blood products in the NHS. The infected blood sca...
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I should like to inform the House that I have appointed three interim Non-Executive Board Members to the Infected Blood Compensation Authority under Part 3 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024:Russell Frith, appointed as an Interim Audit and Risk Board M...
Cabinet Office
I should like to inform the House that I have appointed three interim Non-Executive Board Members to the Infected Blood Compensation Authority under Part 3 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024:Russell Frith, appointed as an Interim Audit and Risk Board M...
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the representation of people with hepatitis B in the Infected Blood Inquiry.
Cabinet Office
The Inquiry is independent of Government and the conduct of the Inquiry is a matter for the Chair. Since it began, the Inquiry sat to hear evidence for 290 days from 374 witnesses, including people with hepatitis B. In total, the Inquiry has received 5,57...
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has data on the number of people awaiting infected blood compensation in Northern Ireland; and if he will take steps to ensure that compensation is received as a matter of urgency.
Cabinet Office
The Government is committed to working with Devolved Administrations and delivering compensation to people who are infected and affected as soon as possible.As of 30 June 2024, 109 individuals in Northern Ireland have received interim compensation payment...
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the final report of the Infected Blood inquiry (HC 569-I), published on 20 May 2024, what progress his Department has made on identifying potential locations for the permanent memorial to the i
Cabinet Office
It is very important that we recognise what happened to people as a result of the Infected Blood Scandal and that we continue to remember these events for future generations. The Government is carefully considering Sir Brian Langstaff’s recommendations an...
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the final report of the Infected Blood Inquiry, published on 20 May 2024, what steps he is taking to change the culture of the civil service.
Cabinet Office
The findings of the Inquiry’s report are deeply concerning. We are working closely with DHSC and other interested departments to give each recommendation full consideration. This Government will bring forward legislation to place a duty of candour on publ...
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Cabinet Office
The Government is committed to acting on the findings of the Infected Blood Inquiry’s Report and providing compensation to victims as quickly as possible. The Infected Blood Compensation Authority is established in law and work is progressing to put the o...
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Cabinet Office
There will be no immediate changes to the Infected Blood Support Schemes (IBSS). Under the current proposal published on 21 May by the previous Government, payments will continue to be made at the same level until 31 March 2025 and they will not be deduct...
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government has taken to (a) understand the potential risk of and (b) prevent future health system failures similar to those that led to the infected blood scandal.
Department of Health and Social Care
The final report of the Infected Blood Inquiry describes the many failings of successive governments, including historic failings in the Department and its predecessor departments. The Department will study the report to make sure the lessons of Sir Brian...
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the final report of the Infected Blood Inquiry, published on 20 May 2024.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to accept all recommendations of the second interim report of the Infected Blood Inquiry.
Today, Sir Brian Langstaff has published the final report of the independent Infected Blood Inquiry. I am authorising a copy of the report to be deposited in the Libraries of both Houses.I am very grateful to Sir Brian for his forensic and detailed report...
Cabinet Office
Today, Sir Brian Langstaff has published the final report of the independent Infected Blood Inquiry. I am authorising a copy of the report to be deposited in the Libraries of both Houses.I am very grateful to Sir Brian for his forensic and detailed report...
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry.
Cabinet Office
The statement I made on 21st May to Parliament provided clarity on the Government response to the Inquiry’s second interim report. The Scheme responds directly to and is in line with the recommendations made by the Infected Blood Inquiry in its second int...
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