Infected Blood Inquiry: Timeline
Key dates in the inquiry's progress, assembled from its recorded milestones and hearing phases.
Hearing-phase dates are taken from the published hearing days; some earlier milestone dates are approximate where the inquiry has not published an exact date.
Milestones & hearing phases
Milestone
Hearing phase
Reports & costs
Still to come
Chair Appointed
Sir Brian Langstaff appointed as Chair.
Evidential hearings
294 sitting days
Second Interim Report
Second interim report with further compensation recommendations.
Final report
Compensation Scheme Opens
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme formally established.
First Payments Made
First compensation payments made to eligible infected persons.
Additional Report on Compensation
Sir Brian Langstaff published a further report focused on compensation, additional to the 20 May 2024 Inquiry Report.
Government Response to Additional Report
Government published its response to the Inquiry's Additional Report on Compensation.