Volume 1: Findings and Conclusions
Executive Summary of the Report of the Inquiry
14. Victims and their families

• The unusual problems of the diagnosis, treatment and care of the early cases of vCJD meant that for some of the victims and their families the tragic horror of the disease was made the more difficult to bear by lack of the appropriate treatment, assistance and support.
• Victims of vCJD and their families have special needs which should be addressed.