More people impacted by the infected blood scandal to be able to claim compensation, with service to expand in stages during 2025
More people will be able to claim compensation this year as the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) accelerates the number of claims, while continuing to build and expand its claim service.
Currently, the claim service is starting small as IBCA designs and builds it. By mid-January, 67 people had been asked to start their claim, and IBCA is on track for 250 people to start their claim by the end of March for those who are registered with an existing support scheme.
Now, the expansion of the service after those 250 people have started their claims has been confirmed. IBCA will widen the service to further groups of people in stages and, from April, intends to accelerate the number of claims it is processing for people who are infected and already registered with a support scheme.
The service will be built to take claims from groups in the following order (not all claims in each group need to be completed before another group begins):
Some people from all groups are expected to be able to claim in 2025, although not all claims from all groups will be completed by then.
For all groups, IBCA will explore how those who are nearing the end of their life due to illness may be able to come forward first in their group.
David Foley, Interim Chief Executive of IBCA, said:
Members of the infected blood community, and those who represent them, were asked for their views on the order in which different groups could claim. IBCA also reviewed feedback received through a range of channels including email, letters, calls and social media.
Where possible, IBCA took those views onboard and will now widen the claim service in stages to begin paying compensation to more people as soon as possible.
IBCA was set up in May 2024, and the first set of regulations allowing us to make payments came into force in August 2024. While designing and building a new organisation and a claim service, we invited the first claims in October 2024 and made the first compensation offers in December 2025. In January 2025, compensation offers totalled more than £13 million, and more are being processed every week.