Parents, children and siblings will be able to claim under new laws to be passed by March

Thousands of bereaved parents and children of victims of the infected blood scandal will be able to claim compensation for the first time under new proposed laws to be laid in parliament this month.

The new laws will mean those affected by the scandal, including parents, children and siblings, will be able to make individual claims. Campaign groups say many relatives whose lives were blighted by the worst treatment disaster in the NHS history have died waiting for justice.