Hepatitis
(asked on 20th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) first-stage payments and (b) second-stage payments have been made from the Skipton Fund to the estates of individuals who contracted Hepatitis C following NHS treatment with blood products between 1970 and 1995 but who died after 29 August 2003.
The following table sets out the number of Stage 1 and Stage 2 payments made to the estates of individuals infected with hepatitis C through treatment with National Health Service supplied blood or blood products and who died after 29 August 2003 and before the relevant payment was made.
| Stage 1 | Stage 2 |
Total number of individuals | 138 | 186 |
Comprising individuals with a bleeding disorder treated with plasma derived products | 46 | 77 |
And individuals treated with a whole blood transfusion | 92 | 109 |
Notes:
The Stage 2 payment is made for individuals who received a stage 1 payment and progressed to more severe hepatitis C related disease.
The number of Stage 2 payments to estates is greater than the number of Stage 1 payments to estates as some individuals who were alive on receipt of their Stage 1 payment (and so are not included in the stage 1 column in the table above) died before their Stage 2 payment was made.