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Exhibit 229

Infected Blood Inquiry: Volume 1, Overview and Recommendations

Exhibit 229 · Public inquiry report

Infected Blood Inquiry: Volume 1, Overview and Recommendations

I have to report that it could largely, though not entirely, have been avoided. And I have to report that it should have been.

Concludes that the infections were largely avoidable and estimates more than 3,000 attributable deaths.

Source
Infected Blood Inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff
Date
20 May 2024
Quoted from
Volume 1, 1.1 Summary (PDF p. 5)
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/sites/default/files/Volume_1.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit
Note
Printed pp. 2–7; distinguish the inquiry's factual findings from individual criminal liability.

Cited by

Finding MED-13.1
Primary record The 2024 Infected Blood Inquiry concluded that the British treatment disaster was largely avoidable and attributed more than 3,000 deaths to infected blood, blood products, and tissue.