Health Minister Robin Swann has announced annual financial support for those bereaved as a result of NHS contaminated blood.
The annual payments will be made to people registered on the Northern Ireland Infected Blood Payment Scheme who have not been infected by contaminated blood but have been left bereaved following the death of a spouse or partner who contracted Hepatitis C or HIV after receiving NHS-supplied infected blood or blood products in Northern Ireland.
Minister Swann said: “When I took up