Recommendation AC-2c: Community Advisory Body
From Additional Report on Compensation, published 9 July 2025.
Recommendation
A formal role be given within IBCA for an advisory body consisting of people infected and affected, covering a range of experience broadly representative of those groups, and (if those groups so wish) including clinicians covering the major relevant disciplines of hepatitis and liver disease, HIV, transfusion, haemophilia, psychosocial aspects and palliative care. The advisory body should choose its chair, and the chair should be formally invited to each and every meeting of the Board of IBCA, and be given observer status.
In brief (written by this site)
In September 2026, the Infected Blood Compensation Authority reported that implementation remained in progress, noting that its Community Advisory Panel had recommended establishing an Ethics Advisory Panel (Infected Blood Compensation Authority, Sep 2026). In the same September 2026 update, the authority stated that the panel would advise on decisions raising ethical questions and confirmed that Professor Dave Archard had been appointed as interim chair (Infected Blood Compensation Authority, Sep 2026).
Sources
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
Government response
Today (Monday 21 July 2025) we have given our response to the Infected Blood Inquiry additional report published on 9 July. We accept all recommendations in the report for IBCA.
Delivery
Infected Blood Compensation Authority says in progress (7 September 2026)
At our last public Board meeting in July, we explained that the Community Advisory Panel recommended that IBCA set up an Ethics Advisory Panel. The panel will provide advice and support on decisions relating to the delivery of compensation which raise ethical questions. This is part of our commitment to you to build trust and fairness in every part of our service. To support IBCA in setting up this new panel, we have appointed Professor Dave Archard as the Interim Chair.
Responsible bodies
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Who has spoken
- Infected Blood Compensation Authority
Response, delivery statement