UK’s contaminated blood victims ‘re-traumatised’ by compensation delays

Complaints of people who were infected, and their relatives, include criticisms that scheme is slow, flawed and complex

People infected as a result of the contaminated blood scandal, and their relatives, say they have been “re-traumatised” by delays to – and flaws in – the compensation scheme.

At a special hearing of the infected blood inquiry, which published its final report in May last year, victims and campaigners lined up to castigate the government’s handling of compensation.