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Chamber and committees

Impacts of Hepatitis C Report

  • Submitted by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2018
  • Motion reference: S5M-14858

That the Parliament welcomes the decision of the Scottish Government to implement the recommendations of the Clinical Review of the Impacts of Hepatitis C: Short Life Working Group Report for the Scottish Government - Informing Decision Making on Awards for People, without Advanced Hepatitis C (HCV) Disease, who were Infected with Hepatitis C through NHS Blood Transfusion/Treatment with Blood Products, and for their Widows, Widowers, Civil Partners or Long-term Partners, and calls on it to increase the budget of the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme by at least £1.5 million so that regular support payments to those with chronic hepatitis C, who are severely or moderately affected, are sufficient to meet their needs, as well as acknowledge the legacy impact of the infections.


Supported by: Jackie Baillie, Neil Findlay, Monica Lennon, Richard Lyle, Elaine Smith, Colin Smyth