Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on establishing ex gratia financial support for people who were affected prior to 1991 by (a) HIV and (b) hepatitis C over the last 12 months.
The Government launched its consultation on proposals to reform the current payment schemes for those affected by HIV and/or hepatitis C through National Health Service-supplied blood/blood products on 21 January 2016.
The consultation can be accessed on the gov.uk website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/infected-blood-reform-of-financial-and-other-support