UK government covered up infected-blood scandal which left victims exposed, report finds | BBC News 

No investigation No one fired No one jailed No compensation

It took 50 years to write a report? I assume to protect people who were in charge and failed the nation.

Now ask yourselves…what else are they not reporting ???

As a medical practitioner, this is beyond egregious and the families, survivors and victims should be greatly compensated IMMEDIATELY!

How the hell is it reckoning if most of those people are dead, they said that they are admitting to it by waiting for everyone to die? My father saved his entire life so he could have a decent retirement only to find out. He was dying in his 40s. He saved he didn’t spend money he saved. He never missed work. He did everything he was supposed to do.F This!!! this is not confined to one country

This is too sad to comprehend

But as usual, the real criminals get away with their crimes.

What is the BBC's role in covering this up for decades? Just like its silence about Julian Assange and Jimmy Savile till the last moment when it became public?

As with the P.O scandal, the companies behind the products that caused the damage will likely not be held to account. I feel these pharmaceutical companies should be foregrounded while this is still in the headlines. I didn't hear them mentioned much today.

No one fired or jailed victim compensation denied Just like the PO scandal

I sometimes wonder why we even have a government in the first place

In Japan, there was once a blood contamination incident called the "Green Cross Incident.'' It's similar to that.

A national disgrace among others .

And yet they have banned directed blood donation in the UK (i.e. if I want to give blood to my mother in advance of an operation I can't)...

The British government never ceases to exceed my expectations when it comes to lowering the bar on governance.

Absolutely HORRENDOUS 💔

My heart goes out to the victims and their loved ones 🙏🏿♥️

It's horrible ! There is such an irresponsible medical accident ! Legal responsibility must be pursued. The NHS must be reformed.

Why did it take a official report to bring this to light. Whatever happend to investigative journalism ? rather than just buying stories from Reuters.

absolutely disgusting

There should be a personal responsibility of those, who made wrong decisions now and then. Penalties, prison time and a national shame.

The justice has finally served. It is truly a henious scandal, I feel sorry for those impacted families. How come no one is taking the responsibility?! Hopefully, those affected families can be compensated asap. Truly a horrific CRIME

50 years from no we might hear the truth about the recent pandemic.

It’s a little like the C19 shot scandal which has been covered up for the last three and a half years!

Somebody told me quickly if this happened in the United States as well my father is gone because he was infected with hepatitis C while in the service. The service took blame, said that they had done it while giving vaccines. If you serve during the time of Vietnam, please go get your blood test.

How are the guilty ever going to be procescuted .so long ago.

Government covers up something? Who would've guessed

Absolutely disgusting 🤮

Oh my world, how could this happen, mercy...

Should have known to not trust the government with your healthcare.

Yet no one held to account, disgraceful.

Wtf are you doing UK.

How cruel... I’m so sorry to the victims and their loved ones.

If they are this gross and negligent under supposedly non emergency situations. Imagine what they would and could do under the emergency circumstances where they are protected under the law. Such as during the pandemic?

It’s very sad! 💔 Justice for victims! 🙏🏻

Why is this not surprising that the govermlnemtn tried to cover up this?

Sound familiar??????

Cant bother with probiding quality healthcare to the citizens of the UK, but the UK government is always willing to send money from the UK taxpayer to foreign countries.. 😂

I hope the victims get justice. Just heartbreaking.

And think of how much shame HIV brought too in the 70s and 80s due to homophobia

How is that authoritarianism working for you now.

This doesn't surprise me at all. In the UK and Ireland, a doctors' title and the prestige that goes along with it is the most important thing to them, not patients. Any error or unflattering event that happens is not only ignored and covered up, but often added prestige is heaped on the doctor. Coving up for your boss is necessary for advancement. Heaps of awards, additional titles, and praise are also bestowed on the greatest offenders. Not one country outside of former British colonies has adopted the British medical system and Royal Collages, that is not an oversight or coincidence, it is because it is a system that only benefits the doctors.

That's so absurd and cruel to even comprehend it is true! 😭 My heart goes out to them.

The fact that the government tried to cover it up pisses me off. If they're trying to make people distrustful of the British government and the NHS they're doing a good bloody job.

I do not understand England.

This is because people weren't clapping for NHS hard enough. They need more flattery, veneration, adoration and a higher pedestal.

THE ONE WHOM PUSHED THE FIRST DOMINO MAY NOT BE WITH US, But their NAME & INSTITUTE, & those Representing Must Formally Be recognised ,with an Apology ,for the HISTORY BOOKS, Compensation Must Follow to the Victim's or family, MISTAKES LIKE THIS MUST NEVER BE AGAIN....

Consider compensation and or claims if that's possible An apology is a good start

I cannot even wrap my mind around this...😢

It's not etter than in France what a pity! Let's hope for justice for the patients !

It was really a massacre, unbelievable.

How is this even possible???!!!

This is really very shameful act by govt negligence

I can only imagine what is in the so-called humanitarian aid they send to some countries of the world.

Good for the victims today. Good of them to finally uncover this tragedy. Good of them to own the shame. Would the gov and medical criminals be fined and jailed for massive mental slaughter….

I just heard this on the times radio...what the f is going on?

What a mess that was😢 I feel sorry for the innocent people who took the diseases .... I have compassion for them

So what are you doing for the victims. Any compensation or any treatment

OMG THAT IS CRAAAAAZY

The ones that are still alive. They need to pay all of their medical bills

In my case it was a plasma transfusion and hcv!

Probably a mix of greed cowardice, and incompetence😟😟

Call out Ken Clarke. Mr portrayed as Tory Europe lover. Better than thou as portrayed by media over Brexit. He doesn't give a hoot about a crisis which happened under his foot in the 80s as health secretary. Mr negligent. Call him out before he goes from the planet due to his age. Don't let him get away with it.

Australia still covering up their part.

Well it's only taken 50 years to admit it. Still credit goes to Sunak who did sound genuine in his apology. The likelihood of criminal proceedings seems small though, given the time that has elapsed. Financial compensation won't replace those who have left us either. It is indeed a day of reckoning, I hope those in charge really do learn from this. I doubt it, mind.

What I believe is that the previous doctors did not realize how lethal and highly infectious the preciously unknowing disease was. The HIV had been newly emerged. But some doctors did not raise the alarm when they discovered the scandal and silenced themsevels

Its a shame we haven't had any decent investigative journalists for the same amount of time. Not unlike the miners strike lies, Hillsborough lies, Iraq, Yemen, Windrush, Grenfell and all the public service scandals etc.

Nobody has been put in jail for this? And all the tax payer have to pay for this? What is wrong with this system?

Boris was probably laughing HIS FAT HEAD OFF when he encouraged the stupid clapping..omg.

As a patient within the NHS on regular treatment. Just over the last 5 years the figures they report on as the required minimum or maximum wait time, treatment time etc are much much more forgiving. I was told for 7 years my bloods must be tested within 3 days of treatment as it was unsafe. Now it’s suddenly 3 weeks prior as they haven’t got enough chairs for the amount of patients under their care. This needs reforming immediatley, I have consultants complaining to me about the lack of care for cures and all the money is now spent on drugs contracts rather than research. Only cancer research remains given funding whilst every other condition is being left for permanent lifelong drug treatment for profit.

This is a national tragedy...wth

My friend contracted hepatitis C after getting blood products in fla. 1994. Died in 2010. Terrible. Sorry for all who lost someone. Greed. Just like now, they have plasma donation centers on every corner in the poor neighborhoods. How much of that blood is tainted?

Thus far you only have a report. Sunak's failures to react combined with his failure to give details of compensation in his apology bode ill for full changein the future.

Johnathan Pie is gonna have a field day

This is how 28 Days Later will happen in real life

Horrible.

This is just sad and I hope that we come up with something even though nothing they will do will change those that are not here anymore and those that it affected. We have so many things going on now days and how this got by us is beyond me. The other sad part is many things hind within our systems and my not show any signs for many until it's to late. They should hold the government accountable especially if these individuals were doing check ups. Mind you not all have stayed over there either and have moved all around the world. I mean this is from the 70"s to the 90"s. How did they come up with the number 1500?

Horrific

In China nobody is allowed to talk about such "scandals" with public health issues though.... So sad...

All the medical staff involved should be put on the front pages of all national newspapers.

What a useless dumbed-down report. I don't want superficial, touchy-feeling blather, I want to know what the report's conclusions were. How about reading some of that out? How about some actual objective substance?

720p quality ?

Surely governments will have set aside compensation money ??

How's it take 7 effin years to come up with the report!?!?!

Now start working on the 50 year COVID19 vax report.

This was known at the time

apology?

Is history repeating itself…….?

What about those who suddenly dropped death ??? AZ ???

Im over this and any bbc news Y is this on the news now and not before people r long and buried and no one will c or hear any justice peace to u

How tf is such news coming out of the UK of all places?

Oh no😮

DISGRACEFUL

I wonder (she smirks sarcastically) what else they may have covered up .......? Hmmmmm.

😢😢😢

How can we believe anything the state tells us?

Terrible NHS never fit for purpose. It doesn't work.

I guess a disadvantage of Government centralized medicine and control.

Where was the sources of the blood

Lawsuit