It has been revealed that thousands of people left “disabled” by the AstraZeneca vaccine could be awarded Covid vaccine compensation.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is understood to be considering plans to set up a program for those suffering from life-changing conditions as a result of the Covid vaccine.
There are concerns that the current government-funded Vaccine Injury Payment Scheme (VDPS) is struggling to cope with overwhelming numbers of people claiming they are suffering side effects from the jab.
Campaigners from the group Vaccine Bereaved and Injured UK argue that the VDPS is no longer fit for purpose, and officials are believed to be considering whether the scheme should be reformed or reviewed.
Some of the families represented by the group are involved in legal action against AstraZeneca, which admitted in court papers earlier this year that its Covid vaccine can cause “in very rare cases” a side effect that causes blood clots and a low cell count. platelets.
The pharmaceutical company is being sued in a class-action lawsuit over claims that the vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, caused death or serious injury in dozens of cases.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is understood to be considering plans to set up a program for those suffering from life-changing conditions as a result of the Covid vaccine.
The pharmaceutical company is being sued in a class-action lawsuit over claims that the vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, caused death or serious injury in dozens of cases.
The shadow attorney general, Sir Jeremy Wright, attended a meeting with Wes Streeting and Andrew Gwynne, a health minister, along with campaigners last month.
He has another follow-up meeting scheduled with the health secretary in the coming weeks.
“The two options are to reform the VDPS and also establish a personalized compensation system,” he told the Sunday Telegraph.
‘But it is not an option for the government to bury its head in the sand and do nothing.
“If you are a very small minority of those injured (by the Covid vaccine), those people have a right to expect the State to care for them properly – they were just doing what the State asked them to do.”
More than 15,000 people have applied to the VDPS for compensation for alleged damage caused by Covid vaccines, but only 188 have been told they are entitled to such compensation.
More than 15,000 people have requested compensation from the VDPS for alleged damage caused by Covid vaccines
Researchers believe this rare side effect is because the modified cold virus hiding in the injection has an adverse effect on platelets in the blood, causing them to clot.
Figures show the majority of successful claims relate to the AstraZeneca vaccine and fewer than five relate to Pfizer and Moderna.
Those awarded so far include diseases such as stroke, heart attack, dangerous blood clots, inflammation of the spinal cord, excessive swelling of the vaccinated limb and facial paralysis.
The VDPS provides a one-off tax-free payment of £120,000 to people who have been seriously injured and the families of those who have died as a result of vaccination against certain diseases, including Covid.
To qualify, people must have a 60 percent disability.
