# The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025, Paragraph 5: Severe psychiatric conditions


(1) A person (“P”) is to be treated as having a severe psychiatric condition if—
(a) P has—
(i) HIV, or
(ii) an infection of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C (or both) of severity level 2, 3 or 4,
(b) a consultant psychiatrist has—
(i) diagnosed P with a condition described in sub-paragraph (2), and
(ii) confirmed that P’s infection or any consequent interferon treatment is the cause, or a major cause, of the condition or of its course, and
(c) as a result of the condition, P has received—
(i) consultant-led secondary mental health treatment for a period of at least 6 months, or
(ii) assessment or treatment as an inpatient (compulsorily or otherwise).
(2) The descriptions of condition referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(i) are—
(a) depressive disorders;
(b) bipolar disorders;
(c) generalised anxiety or panic disorders;
(d) post-traumatic stress disorders;
(e) adjustment disorders;
(f) secondary psychotic disorders caused by—
(i) HIV brain disease;
(ii) HIV-related central nervous system opportunistic infection;
(iii) neoplasia.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348268843/schedule/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infected-blood-compensation-scheme-regulations-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-5
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