IBCA opens first claims for those living with infection but never compensated today
- First 60 people asked to begin their compensation claim as IBCA opens to next group of people
- New claims will help to develop the compensation service as more people asked to claim
- IBCA opens to this new group following the organisation paying more than £1.5 billion in compensation claims already
The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) has today (Thursday 27 November 2025) opened the first claims to the next group of people to begin their compensation claim.
Since being established last year, 3,600 living infected people who are registered with a support scheme have already been contacted, and IBCA has offered more than £2 billion and paid more than £1.5 billion in compensation. IBCA has now opened the service to the first 60 people in the next group of claims.
These people were identified through IBCA’s register your intent service, which opened in early October. They are living infected people who have never received any form of compensation previously for the harm done to them by the infected blood scandal.
Speaking about this next step in IBCA’s compensation process, David Foley, Interim Chief Executive Officer, said:
“We are committed to paying each and every person who is eligible, as soon as we can.
“We’ve been working with infected blood community members to create a service that meets their needs. These first claims for those who are living with infection and never compensated are an important step, and allows us to then grow the service further for more people.
“We’ll begin by prioritising those who are sadly nearing the end of their lives, followed by those with the most severe infections and older age groups, as recommended by the Infected Blood Inquiry.”
One year ago, IBCA opened to the first group of people to begin their claim, starting with small numbers and then growing the service with feedback from the community.
By the end of this year, IBCA aims to have opened the service to some people from every group eligible to make a claim.
For each group, IBCA will again start small before scaling up, and so the number of claims for each new group will initially be low before increasing, once the claim service is ready to widen out further.
Anyone who intends to make a claim with IBCA for compensation should register now with IBCA’s recently opened register your intent service. This is an online service open to all groups who intend to make a claim - please follow this link to register.