Appeal Panel

Anyone can appeal a decision regarding first or second stage payments from the Skipton Fund.

The role of the Appeal Panel is to reconsider the cases of any claimants who appeal against individual decisions made by the Skipton Fund. The Panel will look at how the decision was reached and examine all available evidence, or seek further written evidence where necessary, in order to either confirm or change the Skipton Fund’s decision. In considering the evidence the Appeal Panel will look solely at the written evidence and will not seek personal attendance. The Panel will not be able to consider appeals against the ex-gratia payment scheme itself, but only to examine the process to determine the claims within the terms of the scheme.

Appeals may be made against decisions concerning both first stage and second stage payments. For first stage appeals, the Panel will need to determine whether, on the balance of probabilities, chronic hepatitis C infection resulted from receipt of NHS blood or blood products prior tp Septemebr 1991, and for second stage appeals, the likelihood, on the information provided, that the claimant has developed cirrhosis, primary liver cancer or B cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

If you wish to appeal a decision made by the Skipton Fund please contact us.

More information about the Appeal Panel and its memebers can be found here.