Farnham Man criticizes the speed of compensation

A man from Surrey, who was injected in a boarding school with infected blood, says that he will worry that he will die before seeing justice.

The 58-year-old Steve Nicholls, who lives near Farnham, was infected with Hepatitis C and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) after taking part in medical studies in the 1970s and 1980s in the 1970s in Alton, Hampshire.

Further hearings of the infected blood test will concentrate on the government's reaction on Wednesday on the compensation for the people affected by the scandal. Mr. Nicholls added that the system had “very little progress”.

A government spokesman said infected blood victims suffered “unspeakably” and it was still obliged to work together with the examination.

Mr. Nicholls, a retired business engineer, visited 120 children, who were also infected, in Treloar's school.

About 80 of the infected people died and Mr. Nicholls says he represents her and her families.

He added: “We knew that this was a tragedy that was not an accident and we would fight to say the truth. Whoever was left would fight and fight and fight.”

Mr. Nicholls said: “We are all very, very afraid that we will die before we see justice or compensation.”

The school students were unknowingly involved in secret attempts with blood products from America, some of which were infected with HIV and hepatitis.

Mr. Nicholls said that after the publication of Sir Brian Langstaff's report on the scandal in May 2024, the victims were “recognized and validated”, but since then there has been little progress in the payment of compensation.

A government spokesman says that he has paid compensation of 80 million GBP from a total of £ 11.8 billion, which are provided for the payment of payments by the end of 2029.

In the 1970s and 80s, more than 30,000 people have suffered from HIV and hepatitis from contaminated blood products – and since then 3,000 people have died.

The government spokesman added: “The victims of this scandal suffered indescribably.

“We are still committed to working with the request, acting on his recommendations and are grateful for his previous work.”

A spokesman for the Treloar school says that “sincerely, our former students and their families, who were infected and affected by the infected blood scandal”.

They added: “The report of the investigation does the full extent of this terrible national scandal. We are deeply sad that some of our former students were so tragically infected and their families were affected, and we expect the government to implement its remuneration plans without further delay.”

The school has also supported plans for a public monument for former students who died of the infected blood scandal.