More than 4,000 people across the UK will be given the interim payments, the government says.
The contaminated blood scandal has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.being given a new treatment called factor VIII or IX from the mid-1970s onwardsAt the time the medication was imported from the US where it was made from the pooled blood plasma of thousands of paid donors, including some in high-risk groups, such as prisoners.
In July public inquiry chairman Sir Brian said individuals who currently qualify for financial support, including some bereaved partners of those killed, should now be offered interim compensation of £100,000 each. If the inquiry and the government accept those proposals completely then it is possible the final bill could be more than £1bn.
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