The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2024

Injury impact award

14.—(1) The compensation award in relation to an eligible infected person (“ P”) must include an amount by way of injury impact award for the purpose of compensating for—

(a) past and future physical and mental injury;

(b) emotional distress and injury to feelings caused by, or that will in the future be felt as a result of, the infection and treatments for it.

(2) The amount of the injury impact award is, where on the relevant date P has a single infection of—

(a) Hepatitis C of severity level 1, £10,000;

(b) Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C, and the severity of the infection is—

(i) level 2, £60,000;

(ii) level 3, £120,000;

(iii) level 4, £180,000;

(c) Hepatitis B of severity level 5, £180,000;

(d) HIV, £180,000.

(3) The amount of the injury impact award is, where on the relevant date P has a co-infection of—

(a) Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C (but not HIV), and the severity of the infection is—

(i) level 2, £75,000;

(ii) level 3, £150,000;

(iii) level 4, £225,000;

(b) HIV and—

(i) Hepatitis C of severity level 1, £182,500;

(ii) Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C (or both), and the severity of the infection is—

(aa) level 2, £195,000;

(bb) level 3, £240,000;

(cc) level 4, £270,000;

(iii) Hepatitis B of severity level 5, £270,000.