THE widow of a man who died after coming into contact with contaminated blood says she is disappointed with a compensation package announced by the Government.

One of the last duties of outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron was to announce in the House of Commons that those affected by the scandal will receive increased monetary support as part of a £125 million package of changes.

Sarah Dorricott is the daughter of former Sedbergh resident Mike Dorricott, who died from liver cancer caused by hepatitis C that he contracted after undergoing routine dental surgery in 1983.

As a result of the latest announcement, her widowed mother, Ann, will receive a single payment of £10,000 - something which Sarah says is 'unacceptable'.

"I think £10,000 is disgusting," the 25-year-old said. "You cannot put a price on someone's life but I do not think it's acceptable."

The majority of those affected by the scandal were infected during the 1970s and '80s.

Patients were treated with blood products imported from America, with blood that had been taken from high risk donors, such as drug addicts and prisoners.

An inquiry, chaired by Lord Penrose, found more should have been done to screen blood for hepatitis C, but that in relation to HIV it concluded that all that could be reasonably done, was done.

Mr Cameron made the announcement during his final Prime Minister's Questions in response to a question from Jo Churchill, Tory MP for Bury St Edmunds.

But Sarah and other members of the Tainted Blood campaign group want to see those affected by the scandal receive the same annual payments that those in Scotland get.

People in Scotland with HIV and advanced hepatitis C contracted through contaminated blood receive an annual payment of £37,000 and bereaved partners continue to receive 75 per cent of the annual entitlement and a lump sum payment.

"If my dad had lived in Scotland instead of England at the time of his infection my mum would now be looking at an annual pension of £20,250 per annum," she said.

"I am very disappointed. I am just really disappointed for mum. When I spoke to her she was really angry and really upset about it.

"Some people have been campaigning for 30 years. We are not done."

Sarah's mother still lives in Sedbergh, but due to a lack of money she is having to sell the home that she bought with her husband.

"None of us are out for the money," Sarah said. "It's not about that, it's about justice and closure and liability."

Earlier this year some 200 members of The Contaminated Blood Campaign group staged a protest in London calling on the government to offer 'adequate financial support for those affected.'