A new documentary will feature victims of an infected blood scandal at a Hampshire school.

The upcoming ITV programme will centre on the personal stories of the haemophiliac children at the Lord Mayor Treloar School who were affected.

In the late 1970s, an NHS haemophiliac unit was opened at the specialist school in Alton, which was supposed to help children with the rare condition that affects the way your blood clots by giving them treatment onsite.

However, children undergoing treatment for haemophilia were experimented on without their knowledge by NHS clinicians, who knew the dangers it posed. 

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It led to many being infected and of the 122 pupils with haemophilia that attended the boarding school between 1970 and 1987, only 30 are still alive.

The documentary will share the "deeply personal testimonies of these survivors, now men in their 50s, who have spent decades fighting for truth and justice".

The programme has a working title of Killer In The Blood: The Boarding School Scandal.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in her October Budget that £11.8 billion would be set aside to compensate those impacted by the infected blood scandal.

Payouts for these people began in December.

ITV announced last year that it was going to make a drama about the infected blood scandal following the success of a series about Post Office workers fighting for justice.

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Controller of factual at ITV, Jo Clinton-Davis, said: "As they continue their fight for justice, the raw truth of how thousands were affected by the 1970s and 1980s infected blood scandal is told by some of the last remaining victims themselves in this emotional documentary.

"It’s shocking how these men have suffered all these years from something that was covered up and could have been prevented."

Anna Hall, executive producer at Candour Productions, said: "Killer In The Blood: The Boarding School Scandal shows the devastating effect first-hand of a lifetime spent unearthing what happened to our survivors when they were just children."

Killer In The Blood: The Boarding School Scandal is scheduled to air on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player later this year.