Timeline of events

May 2024

20 May: the Infected Blood Inquiry published its final inquiry report.

20 May: former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivered a state apology, in response to the publication.

21 May: the previous Government announced a proposed compensation scheme for infected and affected victims of the Infected Blood scandal.

24 May: the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 was granted Royal Assent, creating a new arm’s length body called the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA).

29 May: Sir Robert Francis KC published his Statement of Intent.

June 2024

17 June: Began a series of sessions speaking to people in the infected and affected communities on the 21 May proposal to understand what they need from the scheme.

July 2024

1 July: Directors started to join the Infected Blood Compensation Authority.

22 July: First community updates sent.

August 2024

16 August: Sir Robert Francis KC published his 74 recommendations to the Government on the 21 May proposals for a compensation scheme.

16 August: The Government published its response, accepting 69 of the 74 recommendations and published the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Summary, setting out the details of the compensation scheme.

23 August: first set of regulations to establish the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (for infected people) came into force.

September 2024

12 September: IBCA started expanding engagement with community representatives.

October 2024

1 October: Sir Robert Francis KC and David Foley began their direct joint engagement with the community representatives.

10 October: 6 non-executive directors appointed to the board of the Infected Blood Compensation Authority.

21 October: Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2024 debated and approved by Parliament.

November 2024

27 November: First meeting of Communications Advisory Panel held.

December 2024

9 December: IBCA website is launched.

February 2025

12 February: Draft 2025 Regulations were laid and publicly available.

March 2025

31 March: Second set of regulations to establish the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (for the affected, plus supplementary routes) came into force.

April 2025

14 April: IBCA announced decision to prioritise compensation claims for those who are nearing end of life who were infected and registered with an existing support scheme.

July 2025

9 July: The Infected Blood Inquiry published its additional report on compensation with recommendations for the government and IBCA. On 21 July, IBCA issued a response confirming that we accepted all of the recommendations.