The U.K Blood Scandal | Ep.63 | Scandal Mongers Podcast

Jason Evans joins Andrew and Phil to reveal a shocking story of medical negligence and official delay - in Britain and numerous other nations - that tragically resulted from the desire to treat dangerous illnesses with better drugs.For many years blood donations - often collected for money in the USA - were used to make products to treat people with haemophilia and other illnesses. But so careless were the practices at every level, and so poor the quality controls, that blood from those infected with diseases such as hepatitis and AIDS got mingled into thousands of doses. As a result many people were infected with life altering and life shortening diseases, including Jason's father. Although there is now an official Inquiry about to report in the UK, the campaign for justice and compensation has dragged on for decades. Before speaking to Jason, Phil and Andrew work through some of the audience repossess - positive and negative - to our last episode with royal expert Valentine Low. Jason's campaign can be reached here...https://www.factor8scandal.uk/jason-evansYou can buy books from the authors we feature - including Courtiers by Valentine Low - in our own bookshop. All profit are shared between podcasters and independent booksellers....https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/courtiers-valentine-low/6755938?aid=12054&ean=9781472290908Looking for the perfect gift for a special scandalous someone - or someone you'd like to get scandalous with? We're here to help...https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ScandalMongers*** If you enjoy our work please consider clicking the YouTube subscribe button, even if you listen to us on an audio app. It will help our brand to grow and our content to reach new ears.The Scandal Mongers Podcast is also available to watch on youtube...https://www.youtube.com/@thescandalmongerspodcastAndrew Lowniehttps://twitter.com/andrewlowniePhil Craighttps://twitter.com/philmcraigThe Scandal Mongershttps://twitter.com/MongersPodcastYou can get in touch with the show hosts [email protected] (place 'Scandal Mongers' in the heading please).Production byTheo XKerem Isik   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.