How will statements be taken from patients or their relatives?
If you are a patient who contracted Hepatitis C and/or HIV through receiving blood and/or blood products administered by the NHS in Scotland, or a relative of such a patient, you may wish to give a statement to the Inquiry. The statement will be taken by a member of the Inquiry team. This can be done at the Inquiry team’s offices in Edinburgh, or at another convenient place. You will be sent beforehand a list of issues to be covered in the statement. However this will not be definitive and you can raise other relevant issues. You may be eligible for compensation for loss of time and/or reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses incurred in providing a statement. Steps will, of course, be taken to ensure that your personal details remain confidential.
