Son Never Forgets

• Utgivningsdatum: 2026-11-26
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 356
• Förlag: Biteback Publishing
• ISBN: 9781785909221

• Biografier

Jason Evans is founder of and former lead campaigner at Factor 8, the UK campaign group established to seek truth, justice and compensation for those impacted by the infected blood scandal. His father, Jonathan Evans, had haemophilia and was infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated Factor VIII blood products supplied by the NHS. He died in 1993, aged thirty-one, when Jason was four years old.As an adult, Jason helped expose the scale of the scandal and the institutional failures behind it. His campaigning has been featured widely across national and international media. Jason was awarded Campaigner of the Year by the Sheila McKechnie Foundation in 2023 and received a Pride of Britain Special Recognition Award in 2024. His work was also featured in the ITV documentary In Cold Blood.Since January 2025, Jason has worked at the Infected Blood Compensation Authority, helping to deliver the compensation scheme he spent years campaigning for. He lives in Warwickshire with his wife and daughter.

“With relentless determination,Jason Evans fought for justice for victims of the infected blood scandal, oneof the most disgraceful episodes in modern British history, fighting lies fromofficials, exposing cover-ups and challenging successive governments to takeaction. A Son Never Forgets is a remarkable and compelling story.” – CarolVorderman, broadcaster and author “Jason Evans has exposed lieafter lie from the doctors, politicians and pharmaceutical companies thatcaused thousands of people to be infected with HIV and hepatitis through NHS treatment, who were thendenied justice for half a century. A Son Never Forgets is a grippingaccount of Jason’s tireless campaign, woven with the shocking truths heuncovered and the personal cost of this horrific scandal. This is a staggeringbook that everyone needs to read.” – Cara McGoogan, author of The PoisonLine: Life and Death in the Infected Blood Scandal and host of the Bedof Lies podcast“Jason Evans’s lonely quest tomake the government do the right thing is proof that evil can never triumph ifone good person listens to their conscience. His dedication in the face ofpersonal trials is a perfect example of how victims become victors in thebattle for truth and justice.” – Susie Boniface, investigative journalistand author of Exposed: The Secret History of Britain’s Nuclear Experiments “This is a book about a scandalthat was denied and covered up for decades. But it is also a book about loveand one man’s determination to honour the memory of the person he called Dadfor too few years. Read it, weep and be angry.” – Victoria Macdonald, healthand social care editor, Channel 4 News “This book documents apainstaking determination to get to the truth. Jason achieved somethingastonishing and you root for him every step of the way.” – Nick Wallis,author of The Great Post Office Scandal “This book highlights how oneperson fighting for transparency can make all the difference.” – GeorgeGreenwood, investigations reporter, The Times

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