The compensation bill for those affected by the NHS contaminated blood scandal could reach £10bn, according to officials, in a further blow to the UK’s stretched public finances.
Ministers have accepted the “moral case” for compensating families of the victims of the scandal, in which tens of thousands of people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through tainted blood transfusions.
The scandal dates back to the 1970s and 1980s, but ministers are only now coming to terms with the financial impact. Senior government officials have told the Financial Times the compensation scheme could cost between £5bn and £10bn.
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