How your compensation is worked out

As with compensation for someone who is infected, compensation for someone who is affected will be made up of categories called ‘awards’. Each award recognises a different part of your life where infected blood has had an impact. You’ll receive a compensation amount for each award that applies to you.

Not everyone will be able to get all these categories of compensation. We’ll explain who can receive each category on these pages.

If the affected person has died, it will not be possible to make a claim as part of their estate.

Injury impact

Recognises the emotional or psychological harm caused by your relationship to the infected person.

Social impact

Recognises the stigma, isolation or family disruption this has caused to your social or emotional life.

Autonomy

Recognises your loss of independence or ability to make certain choices about your life.

Financial loss

Compensation if you lost income because you were financially dependent on an infected person who has died.

There is no ‘care’ award for someone who is affected

The ‘care’ category that’s part of an infected person’s compensation is not part of compensation for someone who is affected. If you cared for someone who was infected, they can choose to pay you from their own compensation.

This also applies if the person has died. Their personal representative can choose to pay you.

You can make your own claim for compensation as a carer of someone who is infected.

If the infected person had acute hepatitis C

Acute hepatitis C doesn’t usually lead to serious or long-term effects for the infected person. Partners, parents, children, siblings and carers will not receive compensation if the person had this infection on its own.