UK swapped to fatal US blood products to save money, minutes suggest

Exclusive: contaminated blood campaigners say internal 1976 Immuno AG document proves British government negligence

• Analysis: families hope report will finally apportion blame

The British government was willing to risk infecting NHS patients to get lower-priced" blood products, according to a document that campaigners claim proves state and corporate guilt in one of the country's worst ever scandals.

A public inquiry into the deaths of an estimated 2,900 people infected with conditions such as HIV and hepatitis will publish its final report in May, four decades after the NHS started prescribing blood and blood products - including from drug users, prisoners and sex workers - sourced from the US.