Lives ‘still blighted’ by contaminated blood

Thousands of lives “continue to be blighted” by the infected blood scandal, a charity has said, as victims and their loved ones spoke out about the lasting effects of the scandal.

Infected people and their relatives have described the long term health impact, the “survivor’s guilt”, and the grief of losing relatives.

Thousands of people were given contaminated blood or blood products between the 1970s and 1990s in what is known as one of the worst treatment disasters in the history of the NHS.

The official probe into the scandal, the Infected Blood Inquiry, is set to publish its final report on May 20.