The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) has announced that it is currently in the process of contacting everyone who is infected and registered with an existing support scheme. They are asking that anyone who is nearing the end of life come forward so that their compensation claim can be prioritised.
At this stage, this request applies only to individuals who are infected and registered with an existing support scheme.
You should receive a letter from IBCA either by email or post, depending on your contact preference with the Infected Blood Support Scheme (IBSS). This should arrive sometime this week or possibly early next week, depending on delays due to the Easter holiday.
We want to ensure all our members are aware of this in case you have recently moved house or changed contact number and the support scheme’s records are not up to date. To help, we’ve attached a copy of the letter for reference, so you know what to look out for and how to contact them if this applies to you.
Additionally, a reminder: you are entitled to free legal and financial support through IBCA as part of your claims process. If this has not been offered by your case manager, please be sure to raise it at the start of your claim to ensure you receive the support you’re entitled to.
If you have any questions or would like details of the solicitor firms available through IBCA, please don’t hesitate to contact us at hello@haemophilia.scot.
Absolutely disgusted that it has taken so long for the IBCA to recognise the obvious needs of those nearing end of life. Victims in this category should have had top priority from the start. Close on the heels of “end of life” victims should be the elderly, many of whom are concerned about failing health and faculties and, consequently, their ability to effectively manage the process when they are eventually invited to make a claim.
I’m pleased people are now going forward for the very sick to get there compensation,I’m 76yrs old now and my dear late Peter was given infected blood for leukaemia and spleenectomy in 1987, I am in existing support scheme so hopefully won’t have to wait to much longer, luckily I was not infected.