£1 billion paid in infected blood compensation
- £1 billion has been paid in infected blood compensation claims in nine months
- IBCA expects to have contacted those making claims in the first group by the end of September
- A ‘register your intent to claim’ service is set to be opened in the coming weeks
Today (Thursday 25 September 2025) the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) have made over £1 billion in compensation payments to people who are living with infection and registered with a support scheme.
This milestone comes at the same time as the Authority nears the end of payments for the first group of claims.
Nine months since IBCA made their first offer of compensation to a small group of individuals, more people continue to be paid.
The Authority has also responded to changes in regulations and accepted further recommendations from the Infected Blood Inquiry.
By early October, IBCA will ask all eligible groups to register their intent to make a compensation claim. This is a direct response to community feedback and recommendations made in the Additional Report published by the Infected Blood Inquiry in July.
IBCA have been developing the compensation claim service as they go, using community feedback and user research to make sure the service is as efficient and effective as possible and ease the burden on those who are making a claim.
The Authority has been working with partners in healthcare, legal firms, and financial services to support people at every stage of making a claim.
And by the end of the year, IBCA aims to have opened the service to some people from every group eligible to make a claim.
For each group, we will start small and scale up, which means that numbers of claims for each new group will be low at first before increasing once the claim service is ready to widen out further.
Speaking about the latest figures, IBCA Interim Chief Executive Officer David Foley said:
“No amount of compensation payment can make up for the decades of injustice and mistreatment the community have been through to get to this point.
“That’s why it’s so important we pay compensation as fast as we can, while also building a claim service that works for each type of claim. Since last year we have gone from two people - Sir Robert Francis and I with a laptop and an empty office - to a 500-person operation, working alongside partners across sectors to deliver a compensation scheme that works for the community we are here to support.
“We’ve been engaging with the community, using their feedback to develop the service, making things easier and reducing the burden of claiming wherever we can. We’ve started small learning from every claim, and made changes to improve the service everyday.
“Reaching £1 billion in compensation payments is testament to the invaluable advice and support of the infected blood community and the hard work of everyone at IBCA.”
IBCA is committed to paying compensation to each and every person who is eligible, as quickly as they can. By working with the infected blood community, IBCA has nearly contacted all living infected people registered with a support scheme to start their claim. IBCA expects to open the service to some people in all groups within the next few months.
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