"Infected blood killed my dad - I want compensation now"'

The family of a man who died after being given infected blood have called on the UK government to pay their compensation immediately.

Randolph Peter Gordon-Smith, who had haemophilia, learned in 1994 that he had been infected with hepatitis C.

His daughter said the family were "abandoned" to care for him without support before his death in 2018.

The chairman of the UK infected blood inquiry has said parents and children of victims should receive compensation.

Sir Brian Langstaff wants to see a final compensation framework set up by the end of the year.

Ms Gordon-Smith, who lives in Edinburgh, says compensation would provide an acknowledgement of "what they did to our family" as his daughters cared for him when he was dying.

"I think the government needs to get their chequebook out, do the right thing and pay [the compensation]," she added. "Not when the inquiry rules, but now."

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Source: BBC News, 22 June 2023