"Blood Scandal Hearings: Victims Lose Faith Slowly"
The infected blood inquiry's hearings continue with care, Concerns about compensation and transparency are hard to share.
In the NHS, a scandal did unfold,
Contaminated blood, a story so bold,
30,000 infected, a number so grand,
HIV and hepatitis, a deadly hand.
Contaminated blood, a story so bold,
30,000 infected, a number so grand,
HIV and hepatitis, a deadly hand.
In the 70s and 80s, the damage was done,
3,000 lives lost, before the day was won,
Victims groups cried out for justice and pay,
But the government moved slow, day by day.
3,000 lives lost, before the day was won,
Victims groups cried out for justice and pay,
But the government moved slow, day by day.
A year after the report, a new scheme did rise,
More money for victims, a wider surprise,
But the process was slow, and transparency rare,
A new organisation formed, with £12 billion to share.
More money for victims, a wider surprise,
But the process was slow, and transparency rare,
A new organisation formed, with £12 billion to share.
The Infected Blood Compensation Authority did stride,
But payments were slow, and meetings did hide,
Shambolic and chaotic, the critics did say,
The government's response, a distant, fading way.
But payments were slow, and meetings did hide,
Shambolic and chaotic, the critics did say,
The government's response, a distant, fading way.
Sir Brian Langstaff, the inquiry's chair did speak,
"The gravity of concerns, I must now seek",
New hearings were held, on May's seventh and eighth day,
The government's response, under scrutiny, to stay.
"The gravity of concerns, I must now seek",
New hearings were held, on May's seventh and eighth day,
The government's response, under scrutiny, to stay.
Cabinet minister Nick Thomas-Symonds, did take the stand,
Senior officials from IBCA, by his side, hand in hand,
Groups representing the victims, did give their plea,
A fair
Senior officials from IBCA, by his side, hand in hand,
Groups representing the victims, did give their plea,
A fair