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Infected Blood Compensation: Today’s Announcements Explained
Written by Sam Wilson, October 30, 2025
The government has made several important updates about the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme and the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA). These will be announced in parliament later today (Thursday 30 October) by the Paymaster General, Nick Thomas-Symonds.
Regulations
A set of draft regulations will be laid in Parliament, ahead of being debated in the House of Commons and House of Lords. These regulations will see changes made to the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme and implement a number of recommendations made in Sir Brian Langstaff’s report.
They set out who can receive payments and how the IBCA will operate.
Key points include:
- Removal of the HIV start date
- Removal of the minimum earnings threshold for a person to claim the exceptional financial loss award
- Changes to the deeming provisions for the severity of Hepatitis C
- Changes to affected estates
- The date of diagnosis for Hepatitis B and C no longer has to be provided when applying for the scheme
There are also some minor changes to improve the administration to
A full list of regulations can be found here.
Once they have been debated, the regulations become law – hopefully by the end of 2025.
Independent review of the IBCA
As recommended by Sir Brian Langstaff, an independent review of the functioning of IBCA and how the compensation process can be improved was commissioned by the Cabinet Office.
The findings of the review have been published today, offering recommendations for ensuring the scheme is fair, consistent, and transparent.
Read the recommendations in full here.
Feedback consultation launched
The government has also launched a public consultation to collect views from people affected by the scandal, campaign groups, and other experts.
They also consulted the Technical Expert Group (TEG) who have published their response in an open response to the Paymaster General which you can read here.
The public consultation is open until 22 January 2026 and participants can complete this survey.
If you want to take part in the consultation, we encourage you to take the time to read all the relevant documents. We’ll be making a submission on behalf of the community and will gather people’s views over the coming weeks but encourage people to also make their own submission if they feel they want to.
We understand some of the language used in the consultation documents is quite technical and might be confusing or overwhelming. We will be doing what we can to go through it carefully and provide additional guidance and explanations in due course. There will also be opportunities such as BGT (register to join us on Saturday 22 November) to discuss this consultation and we’ll look at potentially hosting online events as we look to support people with any questions they have on this process or the contents of the consultation.
It’s our hope that these announcements will bring positive action, acknowledging Sir Brian’s recommendations, streamline the compensation process and remove certain obstacles. As ever, we will be keeping a close eye on it all as it progresses and look to ensure our community’s voices are properly heard.