‘I am truly sorry’: Sunak apologises for infected blood scandal and its ‘chilling’ cover-up

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'I am truly sorry': Sunak apologises for infected blood scandal and its 'chilling' cover-up

ITV News Health Correspondent Rebecca Barry breaks down the key findings from the report

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologised to the victims of the infected blood scandal and their families, saying "on behalf of this and every government stretching back to the 1970s, I am truly sorry".

Delivering a statement to Parliament in response to the release of a damming report into the scandal, the PM said there had been a "catalogue of systemic, collective, and individual fauilures, amounting to a calamity".

Read more on the ITV News website – https://www.itv.com/news/2024-05-20/infected-blood-scandal-that-claimed-thousands-of-lives-was-no-accident

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Date: May 21, 2024