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Death in the blood : the inside story of the NHS infected blood scandal

Wheeler, Caroline, author

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Caroline Wheeler has been reporting on the contaminated blood scandal - the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS - for over two decades. She has been integral to the campaign for justice for the victims and their families, and played a pivotal role in persuading Prime Minister Theresa May to agree to the infected blood inquiry in 2019.'Death in the Blood' is based on thousands of government documents, court and inquiry transcripts, plus interviews with prime ministers, cabinet ministers, Downing Street advisers, senior civil servants, doctors, and above all the victims and their families whose personal testimony forms the beating heart of this book.

• Publisher: Headline
• Subject: Great Britain. National Health Service. / HIV infections Great Britain History 20th century. / HIV (Viruses) Great Britain History 20th century. / Hepatitis C virus Great Britain History 20th century. / Medical errors Great Britain History 20th century. / Blood coagulation factor VIII. / Health and Wellbeing.
• ISBN: 9781035405244

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
RC606.6 .W44 2023	1	BOOK	CATALOGING