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Hepatitis C payout to Welsh victims ruling is welcomed

Michelmores' clinical negligence team set out the ruling below.

Health Minister Edwina Hart has said Welsh victims who contracted hepatitis C as a result of receiving infected blood products in the 1970s and 1980s, would receive the same payments as victims in England.

She said: "Having spoken to a number of people affected by contaminated blood, I am acutely aware of the difficulties they have faced by no fault of their own.

"Following my discussions with patient groups, I have decided that it would have been inequitable not to implement a comparable package here in Wales."

Jenny Willott, MP for Cardiff Central, added: "I am relieved that Welsh victims will receive the same level of support as English victims."

Jenny Randerson, AM for Cardiff Central, said: "Constituents of mine deserve more than can be given for the injustice. This would go some way towards that."

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NEWS SUBJECT: (Health & Family(1HE30))

INDUSTRY: (Healthcare Practice Specialties(1HE49); Internal Medicine(1IN54); Healthcare(1HE06); Hepatology(1HE23); Gastroenterology(1GA59))

REGION: (England(1EN10); Europe(1EU83); United Kingdom(1UN38); Wales(1WA56); Western Europe(1WE41))

Language: EN

OTHER INDEXING: (LIBERAL DEMOCRAT)(Edwina Hart;  English;  Health;  Jenny Randerson;  Jenny Willott)

EDITION: First

 Word Count: 159

3/11/11 SWALESECHO 31

Created: 21/03/2011
Categories: Blood products