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<p>Based on data supplied by the Skipton Fund, 707 people who contracted HIV following
treatment with NHS-supplied blood or blood products from the 1970s to the early 1990s
have also received a stage 1 payment in respect of chronic hepatitis C infection contracted
through their NHS treatment. Of these, 306 people have also received a stage 2 hepatitis
C payment from the Skipton Fund in respect of their developing cirrhosis, liver cancer,
B-Cell Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma or receiving a liver transplant as a result of their
Hepatitis C infection contracted through their NHS treatment.</p><p> </p><p><strong>
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