Following the Government announcement on the 17th August 2022 approving Sir Brian Langstaff’s recommendations for Interim Compensation for infected blood victims and bereaved partners partners, our Chair Bill Wright today received the letter below from the Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP, Minister to the Cabinet Office and HM Paymaster General.
Within the letter, Mr Ellis acknowledges the campaign work Haemophilia Scotland has played in the ongoing Inquiry on behalf of all Scottish victims and recognises that the Government has more work to do to address the loss and suffering this historic wrong has caused in so many people over so many years.
The full letter can be found here.