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Infected blood compensation

Prior to 2017, people who were infected with hepatitis C and HIV through contaminated NHS blood or blood products received government financial support across the UK. this was provided by five organisations, known as the Alliance House Organisations.

These were:

  • The Skipton Fund
  • The Macfarlane Trust
  • The Eileen Trust
  • MFET
  • The Caxton Foundation

These were replaced in 2017 by the UK Infected Blood Support Schemes (EIBSS, WIBSS, SIBSS and NIBSS), and they closed for new applications on the 31st March 2025. 

However, if you were infected and not registered on one of these schemes/or are affected/or have hepatitis B, or making a claim for the estate on behalf of someone who has died, you will now be eligible to claim for compensation from the IBCA (Infected Blood Compensation Authority). 

IBCA began paying compensation to those who were infected and registered on the previous UK Infected Blood Support Schemes in October 2024, prioritising those who are end of life, and will soon be moving to paying a wider range of people.

See their website here for full details and register here for bulletins and updates on the compensation process.

To learn about how the scheme was formed and what has happened so far, see here.

See here for information.

If you are a family member, partner, or unpaid carer of someone who was infected, you may be eligible for compensation as an ‘affected person’.

The amount you can get will depend on your relationship with the infected person and how you were impacted.

Affected people are:

  • partners
  • parents
  • children
  • siblings
  • unpaid carers

 

Your relationship with the person who was infected must have existed before 31 March 2025 or, if later, the date of their diagnosis.

See here for information.

See here for information.

For those who have a successful claim, we would encourage you to get financial advice to manage your payment, ensure it is protected and for guidance on investing for the future.

See here for information.

Across England, the Infected Blood Psychological Service (IBPS) has 16 centres for infected and affected people to access psychological support.

After someone has had initial contact with one of the 16 local IBPS centres, and if support is required, then a psychological review will take place and treatment provided by clinicians with specialist expertise in issues facing those infected and affected by contaminated blood or blood products.

More information about the full range of services provided can be found by visiting the IBPS website.

The Scottish Infected Blood Psychology Service supports the emotional wellbeing of people who were infected or affected by contaminated blood and/or blood products in Scotland.

In Wales, the Psychology and Wellbeing Service offers people registered with the Wales Infected Blood Support Scheme, and their family members and friends, access to psychological support and treatment.

There is also a dedicated regional specialist psychological service in Northern Ireland delivered within the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust for infected and affected people aged 18 years and above.

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