What is the infected blood scandal?
The Infected Blood Inquiry is due to conclude almost seven years after it was first announced.
But what is the infected blood scandal? Here the PA news agency answers questions on what is considered to be the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.
– What happened?
Tens of thousands of people in the UK were infected with HIV and/or hepatitis after they were given contaminated blood and blood products between the 1970s and early 1990s.
These include people who needed blood transfusions for accidents, in surgery or during childbirth, and patients with certain blood disorders who were treated with donated blood plasma or blood transfusions.
What were the
