Virginia Bottomley on HIV compensation

Title

Virginia Bottomley on HIV compensation

Genre

Interview

TX Date

17 Feb 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:08

Description

Paul Rowley interviews Health Secretary, Virginia Bottomley on the announcement of the Government’s twelve million-pound compensation scheme for people infected with HIV as a result of NHS blood transfusions. Previously only haemophiliacs were compensated - but now, following an all-party campaign, the scheme has been extended. Payments will be between forty and eighty thousand pounds, with the families of patients who have died also qualifying for payouts.

Contributors

Paul Rowley; Virginia Bottomley

Keywords

Government; Health services; UK; Great Britain; NHS; Compensation; AIDS; HIV; Haemophilia; Blood products; Blood transfusion

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