Partners
You’ll be eligible for compensation as a partner if you were married, in a civil partnership or lived with the infected person exclusively in a long-term relationship, and you lived together for at least 1 year within or after the date of infection.
You’re not eligible if you separated from the infected person before they were infected.
| Award category | Compensation amount |
|---|---|
| Injury, if your partner has chronic Hepatitis B or C | £34,000 set amount |
| Injury, if your partner has HIV or a more severe level of Hepatitis B or C | £86,000 set amount |
| Social impact | £12,000 set amount |
| Autonomy | £16,000 set amount |
| Financial loss, if your partner died while you were together |
£16,682 per year, for the years your partner would have been of working age until they would have turned 66. £8,341 per year, for the years your partner would have been of retirement age until they would have died if they’d had a healthy life expectancy. |
If you’re registered with an existing support scheme
If your partner has died and you’re registered with an existing support scheme, you can choose to continue getting support payments or not.
This choice only affects the ‘financial loss’ part of your compensation.
If you continue with your support payments:
- you’ll get your payments from the existing scheme as you do now and for the rest of your life
- your IBCA compensation remains unchanged, apart from how your financial loss award is calculated.
Any support scheme payments received after 31 March 2025 will be considered as part of IBCA compensation.
If you choose to stop getting your support payments, you’ll get your full IBCA compensation as described on these pages.
The existing support schemes are:
- England Infected Blood Support Scheme
- Infected Blood Payment Scheme for Northern Ireland
- Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme
- Wales Infected Blood Support Scheme
Supporting documents
We typically need documents to show that you and the infected person:
- were married, in a civil partnership, or in a long-term relationship
- lived together for at least 12 continuous months either during or after their first year of infection
We may also ask for documents showing the amount of any past compensation or damages you’ve received relating to infected blood in the UK or abroad, if this applies to you.
Examples of supporting documents
There is a range of documents and other supporting information you can send to your claim manager. This includes official documentation that shows your relationship to the infected person, like a marriage or civil partnership certificate.
You can also use utility bills or rental agreements to show when and where you lived together, or financial records like bank account statements. These can be joint or individual, but should cover the same time period.
Talk to your claim manager about any documents you have that you think may help.