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It was not until 2017, under Theresa May, that an official inquiry into the scandal was set up, following years of campaigning by victims.<\/p>\n
The inquiry, chaired by former judge Sir Brian Langstaff, will give its final recommendations on Monday, with the government expected to deliver an official response during the week.<\/p>\n
Following advice from the inquiry, in 2022 the government made interim payments of \u00a3100,000 each to around 4,000 surviving victims and some bereaved partners.<\/p>\n
In April last year, Sir Brian called for a full compensation scheme to be set up immediately, and recommended interim payments should be extended to some of children and parents of those who had died.<\/p>\n
Campaigners have been calling for quicker compensation, with estimates that one victim dies every four days.<\/p>\n
These include Steve Dymond, who died in 2018 from a hepatitis C infection acquired from a blood product. Alongside his wife Su, he was among hundreds of campaigners who had called for an inquiry to be set up<\/a>. <\/p>\n According to BBC analysis, about 1,750 people in the UK are living with an undiagnosed hepatitis C infection after being given a transfusion with contaminated blood.<\/p>\n