NHS doctors used haemophiliac children for reckless medical experiments. Decades on, many grieving families have never received a penny in compensation and the state has never taken responsibility.

The Sunday Times is calling for immediate action

When he was seven, in 1990, Colin Smith died of Aids. He became part of a generation of haemophiliac children almost wiped out after NHS doctors used them as guinea pigs in medical experiments

Children were given contaminated blood products riddled with deadly diseases without their knowledge or consent

Senior doctors working in British hospitals and medical centres had been warned that the infected products — factor VIII — were dangerous but deliberately administered the experimental treatments on “virgin haemophiliacs” to test whether they were safe

None of the parents, who were forced to watch their children die in horrible suffering, having often lost jobs, friends and their own mental health because of the then-stigma of Aids, have received a penny in compensation from the state

More than 3,000 people have died after being exposed to HIV after receiving contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.

Every 3.5 days, the death toll goes up by one

Today The Sunday Times is launching a campaign for a full and fair settlement for the victims of the scandal without delay upon the conclusion of a public inquiry due to report within weeks.

Here is what we are calling for 👇

The call has been backed by more than 180 MPs and leading politicians, including the leaders of six political parties, Sadiq Khan, Andy Burnham, and Tracy Brabin WY 🌹. Boris Johnson is also backing the campaign