Heartache behind every single one of these images. As we've been reporting, the Infected Blood Enquiry is set to publish its report today on one of the biggest scandals in NHS history. In a moment, Rachel will talk us through some of the stories behind these images that you can see. But first, listen to the Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham. He says those responsible should face jail.

It is appalling, and it should rock Whitehall to its foundations because since the '70s, civil servants and government departments have basically dug in behind an official line that was a lie. The official line was given to me as Health Secretary, saying that nobody had knowingly been given infected blood products. Well, that simply isn't true. I established that that wasn't true.

Do you think people should end up in jail?

Yes, I do. There has to be accountability because often with these things in this country, they go on for so long and nobody is then held accountable.

Some of these people behind us hope people will be held accountable when that report comes out just after midday.

Absolutely, Kay. You said already this is the biggest treatment stance scandal in the history of the NHS. In total, more than 30,000 people in Britain were infected with serious viruses from contaminated blood products in the '70s and in the '80s, and around 3,000 of them, we know, have died in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history. These are just some of the faces of the many, many people affected. Skynews has spoken to around 100 individuals. Some of these people were infected with these contaminated blood products. Others are family members. This is just one of them, Gina Minchell from Worcester. Now, Gina died in 2007 after being infected in her 20s by a blood transfusion after a miscarriage. Gina died then just four months before her daughter, Lizzie's, wedding. Lizzie says her children see the sadness in her eyes when tells them about their grandmother. Just heartbreaking, Kay.

Absolutely terrible. This poor lady.

Now, the next story we're going to bring you is Peter Bernies. He contracted hepatitis C through a transfusion, and he died in 2019. Peter and his wife were married for 40 years after meeting at school, and she described him as a wonderful family man who adored his granddaughters, and she said, is always missed. Now, this was Peter's evidence when he actually gave evidence to to the inquiry, to the Infected Blood Inquiry, shortly before he passed.

I am definitely a victim who will not see the end of this inquiry. I am one of the many who won't see justice. I will scream from the rooftops and document every part of my passing and show you for what a bunch of lying, murdering criminals who have stood by and watched a victim die every 96 hours without any remorse and knowing many of these victims are dying in poverty, leaving thousands of affected families in poverty, and having to rely on the means-tested handouts from the very people who covered up this mass murder, the Department of Health.

We're looking at Pamela here, Rachel. She was a child when she was infected.

Yes, and I think that's one of the really shocking things about this story, is that babies were infected by this scandal, right the way up to people who were in their old age, because it was people who needed blood transfusions, either maybe after an accident or injury, perhaps during childbirth, losing a lot of blood, or children who suffered from blood disorders like hemophilia and the like. For them, this blood plasma that they were given was meant to be a miracle cure. The cruelty was for many of them. It ended up blighting, destroying, or even ending their lives. But if I take you through Pamela's story, she was 11 years old, so young, when she received that infected blood transfusion, which has affected the course of her life ever since. Soon after being diagnosed with hepatitis C, she found out she was pregnant. But then after having a conversation with her doctors, she terminated the pregnancy because there was a risk she could pass that virus onto her child. And she says that every year, Mother's Day really just breaks her heart as she remembers her loss.

And there are more. I mean, there are so many people who've been impacted. As you were saying, at least 3,000 people have died. And this is a scandal that's gone on for half Half a century.

It has many, many decades. And that's why some people are concerned about the ability to get any sense of justice years later. And that's why today's publication of that report is so important. I've got one more person to tell you about Kay. This is Kirk Ellis, who's from Kafili. You can see this picture of him from when he was a baby. You were talking there about the ages of some of the people affected. He was infected aged just 18 months old. He says when he found out what had happened when he was a teenager, the diagnosis just ripped him in half. And he says he'll be happy when the government recognizes every victim of contaminated blood, whether they're living or not.

Okay, these are just some of the people that have been impacted. Every single one of these images has a story behind it. We'll find out more later on today.