Statement relating to the Infected Blood Inquiry 19 April 2024
This national scandal has devastated countless lives. As a school and college that is dedicated to supporting disabled young people, the stories of our former students who were infected are especially heart-wrenching to hear.
Treloar’s staff, students and their families, together placed their trust in the treatment and advice given out by the NHS clinic, and the doctors and medical professionals who ran it in the 1970s and 80s. It has been shocking to discover, through the ongoing public inquiry, that some of our students may have received treatment there which was unsafe or experimental, and that the NHS did not always obtain sufficient consent.
We know that people’s lives were torn apart by what was done to them, right across the country, through the treatment they received from the NHS at the time. They all deserve answers from the ongoing public inquiry, and we strongly support the urgent need to accelerate compensation payments from the Government. We want to ensure that their horrendous experiences are acknowledged and remembered.