Infected Blood Inquiry Report: Volume 2 - People’s Experiences and Treloar’s

This is the second volume of the seven-volume final report of the independent public statutory inquiry into the use of infected blood in the UK in particular since 1970s. This volume contains two chapters: The first chapter addresses the impact of infected blood and blood products on people who have been infected and affected. The Inquiry received over four thousand statements from people infected and affected The second chapter focuses on what happened to infect almost 90 children at one boarding school. It evidences how research objectives often outweighed the individual best interests of the children. It relates pupils’ experiences and the stark way in which pupils were informed of HIV diagnoses. It describes multiple areas of wrongdoing including indiscriminate use of commercial concentrates, despite knowing that it was likely to transmit infection, lack of informed consent, lack of consultation with parents and insufficient support offered to pupils after diagnosis.