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Compensation for someone who is infected

HIV

This table sets out the compensation for someone with HIV.

Award category	Compensation amount
Injury	£180,000 set amount
Social impact	£50,000 set amount
Autonomy	£60,000 set amount
Care	£679,756.62
Financial loss	Worked out for each year your illness affected your earnings. £14,828 per year from date of infection to diagnosis. £29,657 per year from diagnosis onwards.

The compensation amounts for care and financial loss awards are worked out differently if the person has died.