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GP patients to help NHS find more infected blood victims
- Health officials in England have introduced a program where new GP patients aged 29 and older will be asked whether they received a blood transfusion before 1996, with those who did being offered testing for hepatitis C.
- This initiative follows the 2024 Infected Blood Inquiry, which investigated the contamination of blood and blood-derived treatments that infected over 30,000 people across the UK from the early 1970s through the early 1990s.
- Hepatitis C, a blood-borne virus causing liver damage, often remains symptomless for decades, and the inquiry recommended finding undiagnosed cases through enhanced GP screening.
- About 400,000 people registering yearly with GPs will be asked about historical transfusions, and those at risk can order at-home self-test kits with treatment curing over 90% of cases.
- The NHS is implementing this change to prevent undiagnosed infections and provide support, while the Infected Blood Compensation Authority has paid over £96 million to victims so far.
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GP patients to help NHS find more infected blood victims
GPs in England and their patients are to help the NHS find more victims of the contaminated blood scandal.It is thought thousands of people could have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus through contaminated blood transfusions in the 1970s, 80s and 90s; part of a scandal which affected more than 30,000 people in the UK.From June, patients signing up to a GP practice, who received a blood transfusion before 1996, will be offered a test for hepa…
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NHS rolls out plans to find more infected blood victims
People will be asked about their blood transfusion history before 1996 when they register with a GP.
·London, United Kingdom
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