Question reference: S5W-17802
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 23 July 2018
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 August 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how the rate of deaths in Scotland from (a) hepatitis C and (b) HIV acquired through contaminated blood (i) products and (ii) transfusions compares with the rest of the UK.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not have this information. Whilst the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme does collect information on the number of scheme beneficiaries who have died since 1 April 2017, it does not have data on the number of those deaths caused by hepatitis C or HIV. In addition, we do not have this information for other parts of the United Kingdom.