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EPISODE · May 17, 2024 · 36 MIN

The Infected Blood Inquiry

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The Infected Blood Scandal is described as the ‘worst treatment disaster in the history of NHS’. It resulted in thousands of people in the UK in the '70s and '80s being given blood transfusions or blood products that were infected with viruses such as Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV. Thousands died after being given contaminated products by the NHS. As the public inquiry releases its final report, Kamal Ahmed and Camilla Tominey are joined on The Daily T by the presenter of Bed of Lies and author of The Poison Line, Cara McGoogan, who has spent years covering the scandal, speaking to those who have been impacted by it.Listen to Bed of Lies: Blood, with Cara McGoogan, for all you need to know about the Infected Blood Scandal.The Poison Line: A True Story of Death, Deception and Infected Blood, by Cara McGoogan, available on Telegraph Books: https://books.telegraph.co.uk/Product/Cara-McGoogan/The-Poison-Line--A-True-Story-of-Death-Deception-and-Infected-Blood/27367373Read:Death, deception and the truth behind Britain’s biggest blood scandalPharmaceutical giants knowingly sold HIV-infected treatment to NHSEmail: [email protected] Daily T Newsletter: telegraph.co.uk/dailytnewsletterSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/dailytsubToday’s episode of The Daily T was produced by John Cadigan, Lilian Fawcett, and Georgia Coan. The Editor is Camilla Tominey. The planning editor is Venetia Rainey. The video producer is Luke Goodsall. The studio operator is Meghan Searle. The executive producer is Louisa Wells. Original music by Goss Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Infected Blood Scandal is described as the ‘worst treatment disaster in the history of NHS’. It resulted in thousands of people in the UK in the '70s and '80s being given blood transfusions or blood products that were infected with viruses such as Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV. Thousands died after being given contaminated products by the NHS. As the public inquiry releases its final report, Kamal Ahmed and Camilla Tominey are joined on The Daily T by the presenter of Bed of Lies and author of The Poison Line, Cara McGoogan, who has spent years covering the scandal, speaking to those who have been impacted by it.Listen to Bed of Lies: Blood, with Cara McGoogan, for all you need to know about the Infected Blood Scandal.The Poison Line: A True Story of Death, Deception and Infected Blood, by Cara McGoogan, available on Telegraph Books: https://books.telegraph.co.uk/Product/Cara-McGoogan/The-Poison-Line--A-True-Story-of-Death-Deception-and-Infected-Blood/27367373Read:Death, deception and the truth behind Britain’s biggest blood scandalPharmaceutical giants knowingly sold HIV-infected treatment to NHSEmail: [email protected] Daily T Newsletter: telegraph.co.uk/dailytnewsletterSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/dailytsubToday’s episode of The Daily T was produced by John Cadigan, Lilian Fawcett, and Georgia Coan. The Editor is Camilla Tominey. The planning editor is Venetia Rainey. The video producer is Luke Goodsall. The studio operator is Meghan Searle. The executive producer is Louisa Wells. Original music by Goss Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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