Infected blood wiped out my family. Nothing less than criminal charges will do.

My father was given a transfusion infected with HIV—and within five years he, my mother and my baby sister were dead. Those responsible and those complicit must all be held accountable.

By Sam Rushby

My name is Sam Rushby and  I would like to share my experience of the worst disaster in NHS history. 

In the 1980s my father, a haemophiliac, was given a blood product called Factor 8. Little did he know this treatment that was supposed to make him better was about to turn his whole world upside down. It ultimately ended with his death - but…