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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infected-blood-compensation-scheme-regulations-2025/schedule-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348268843",
  "legislation_title": "The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infected-blood-compensation-scheme-regulations-2025",
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  "heading": "Infection severity levels for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C",
  "text": "Infection severity level\nDescription of infection severity level\nLevel 1: Hepatitis C only\nAcute infection, being a transient, self-cleared infection\nLevel 2: Hepatitis B and / or Hepatitis C\nChronic infection characterised by:\n(a) Hepatitis B – infection with confirmed Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positivity for longer than 6 months with detectable Hepatitis B virus DNA on a polymerase chain reaction test, if not on antiviral therapy\n(b) Hepatitis C – infection with replicating Hepatitis C virus RNA\nLevel 3: Hepatitis B and / or Hepatitis C\n(1) Cirrhosis, characterised by serious scarring (fibrosis) of the liver caused by long-term liver damage caused by infection\n(2) Treatment of B–cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma caused by infection – single round treatment (first line therapy)\n(3) Type 2 or 3 cryoglobulinemia caused by infection accompanied by membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis\nLevel 4: Hepatitis B and / or Hepatitis C\n(1) Decompensated cirrhosis caused by infection, characterised by:\n(a) the presence of hepatic encephalopathy (confusion due to liver damage),\n(b) ascites (accumulation of fluid in the abdomen),\n(c) variceal haemorrhage (bleeding from dilated veins in the gullet or stomach), or\n(d) a Child-Pugh score greater than 7\n(2) Treatment of B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma caused by infection – multiple round treatment (second line therapy)\n(3) Long-term liver damage caused by infection necessitating liver transplantation\n(4) Presence of liver cancer caused by infection\nLevel 5: Hepatitis B only\nInfection resulting in death from acute liver failure within 12 months of infection or within 12 months of reactivation of the infection",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:39:35.762697+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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