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we are live in central london outside the westminster methodist hall where we have just heard from sir brian langstaff who chaired the infected blood scandal inquiry. he spoke for the last a0 minutes, it was a moving and rousing address where he went through some of the findings that his inquiry published in its final report today. let's go through some of the main conclusions he made. he concluded that the treatment disaster could and should have been largely avoided. the five—year investigation accuses doctors, the government and the nhs of trying to cover up what happened. they found patients were knowingly exposed to what he described as unacceptable risks and he found a catalogue of failures with catastrophic consequences. the prime minister, rishi sunak, is expected to issue an apology later on today. i am joined now by my colleague ali price who was also listening to what we heard from sir brian langstaff. 0ne was also listening to what we heard from sir brian langstaff. one of the overwhelming conclusions having listened to that and to so many other and family members is that f

let's speak to our news correspondent rajini vaidyanathan, who is outside methodist central hall in westminsters. a couple of hours down to see this re orts. a , a couple of hours down to see this reorts. a , . , a couple of hours down to see this reorts. n, , ., , ., a couple of hours down to see this re orts. a, , ., , ., ., reports. many have been arriving and one survivor— reports. many have been arriving and one survivor of— reports. many have been arriving and one survivor of this _ reports. many have been arriving and one survivor of this scandal, - one survivor of this scandal, something that haemophilia was treated as a child getting this blood product called back to eight which was infected with hiv and i can see, he now has hepatitis c. he said this is a day of mixed emotions as he to await the findings of that report. i spoke to another woman, teresa, who said she was very angry. she was wearing a t—shirt with a photo of her mother's face. she said it is all about what happened her father who had a transfusion back in 1981 and 1982. she says her mother was infected with hiv but also

let's speak to our news correspondent rajini vaidyanathan who is outside methodist central hall in westminstera long time for these families, who have gone through so much. yeah. who have gone through so much. yeah, i mean, who have gone through so much. yeah, i mean. this _ who have gone through so much. yeah, i mean, this scandal _ who have gone through so much. yeah, i mean, this scandal first _ who have gone through so much. yeah, i mean, this scandal first kind _ who have gone through so much. yeah, i mean, this scandal first kind of - i mean, this scandalfirst kind of emerged in the early 1980s. it took decades of these families living through the pain of people being infected with hiv or hepatitis c after that you had transfusions for whatever reason or they were a haemophilia patient, who was receiving treatment using a blood product called factor viii, which and or hiv. for years, despite some warnings, the nhs continued to administer these treatments. many families who had lost a loved ones or indeed people who are still living with viruses like hepatitis c, were ignored, say they we

correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has been following the story and joins us live from the methodist central hall in westminsterwhere the report findings were released. absolutely devastating, aren't they? it's been a day of mixed emotions and a day of reckoning as well. that report and the thousands of patients and was released at 1230 —— pages and was released at 1230 —— pages and we heard from family members more than 3000 people died and tens of thousands of families are living with that every single day and there are thousands of people who are infected with either hepatitis c or hiv as a result of being given this infected blood and a transfusion or through a treatment of haemophilia and one of the words and kept coming up and one of the words and kept coming up was a sense of being vindicated because for decades, families and try to raise awareness about what they saw was systemic failure of the nhs and their warnings in the 19805 that this treatment protocol was not safe and yet he continued on and many families 5aid safe and yet he continued on and many families said they were ignored as their loved on

let's speak to our news correspondent rajini vaidyanathan who is outside methodist central hall in westminsterd by the infected blood scandal. just tell us where you are now and what the atmosphere is like where you are now and what people are hoping and expecting. well, family members have been arriving here. they are going to be getting a copy of the report and at 12:30pm today that will be made public, the findings of the inquiry which has lasted some four years. for so many relatives and people who have survived through the scandal it has been a long time coming and there are a few things people want today, the family members and the campaigners. they want truth, they wantjustice campaigners. they want truth, they want justice and campaigners. they want truth, they wantjustice and they want accountability. let's start with truth. they want to know what exactly happened. how could it be that so many people, thousands we have heard from just then, were treated using a blood product which was infected with hiv and hepatitis c? hundreds of children ended up dying too soon as a consequence. tho

correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan has been following the story and joins us live from the methodist central hall in westminsterere the report findings were released. the conclusions of this report are devastating in so many different areas. , . , . ., areas. they really are. one of the overriding — areas. they really are. one of the overriding feeling _ areas. they really are. one of the overriding feeling is _ areas. they really are. one of the overriding feeling is has - areas. they really are. one of the overriding feeling is has been - areas. they really are. one of the overriding feeling is has been a i overriding feeling is has been a sense of vindication. people here who have said for years they have tried to raise concerns and raised the alarm about what was happening. about the fact that so many people were still being treated using this product that had infected blood or were receiving blood transfusions were receiving blood transfusions were contracting hiv and hepatitis c but still these treatments continued and they felt ignored until today. and anyway what we heard in this report and when we saw

let's speak to our news correspondent rajini vaidyanathan who is outside methodist central hall in westminsterh the events of today. so many people have waited such a long time for this report. this so many people have waited such a long time for this report.— long time for this report. this is a scandal which _ long time for this report. this is a scandal which has _ long time for this report. this is a scandal which has gone _ long time for this report. this is a scandal which has gone on - long time for this report. this is a scandal which has gone on for- scandal which has gone on for decades, family members are furious. i spoke to one woman who has gone into day who was wearing a t—shirt with her mother's face on. the woman i spoke to, her mother was carine, and she said her mother was infected with hiv after she received a transfusion in the early 1980s. she then later was also diagnosed with hepatitis c and that is what she eventually died. she said she is angry because it is taking so long for families to angry because it is taking so long forfamilies to get angry because it is taking