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Minutes of the First Infected Blood Memorial Committee Meeting - 9 December 2025

Published 17 December 2025

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Attendees

  • Infected Blood Memorial Committee
  • Committee Secretariat
  • Scottish Government
  • Welsh Government
  • Northern Ireland Executive

Ways of working

  • The Committee agreed to meet once per month, with scope to increase the frequency where needed. The next meeting will be held in the week commencing 19 January 2026.
  • The Committee requested an in-depth discussion on the expectations of the design and build timeline, which will take place in January.
  • The Committee discussed the Terms of Reference (which will be published once agreed) and requested minor amendments be made to reflect the importance of the Treloar’s memorial, and those in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Church House Washup

  • Following the Church House event, the feedback from the community was summarised and presented to the Committee. This was discussed by the Committee, with a further session to be held in January, led by Art Lewry and Morag Wood.
  • The Committee noted the conflicting opinions across a number of topics that appeared in the community feedback, such as location and design.
  • The Committee discussed the importance of agreeing a location in principle as early in the process, given the difficulties in securing a location that other memorials have encountered.
  • The Committee agreed to liaise with other memorial committees to understand the processes they undertook to establish their memorials.

Service of Remembrance

  • The Committee noted that a number of decisions will need to be taken quickly to ensure that the service is bespoke and feels personal to the community, and the Committee will discuss the options for the service in detail in January.
  • The Committee agreed to send out an update on its work, and a form through which members of the community can register their interest in attending the service, by the end of 2025. This update has now been published and can be viewed here: Infected Blood Memorial Service at St. Paul’s Cathedral on Tuesday 19 May 2026.

Forward Look

  • The Committee will meet again in January, with a view to:
    • discussing the feedback from Church House in more detail
    • formally agreeing the Terms of Reference
    • taking decisions on the Memorial Service at St Paul’s Cathedral
    • exploring a possible timeline for the design and build phases of the memorial
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