Infected blood probe report due

Sep 8 2010

An inquiry into why people were infected with hepatitis C and HIV from contaminated blood and blood products will publish its preliminary report.

Hundreds of people in Scotland, including haemophilia sufferers and other patients, were given contaminated blood in the 1970s and 1980s.

The independent public inquiry, chaired by Lord Penrose, was launched last March, almost one year after it was announced by the Scottish Government.