Request

How many claims have been successful with regards the covid vaccine to the VDPS? The physical or mental health condition that the vaccine was deemed to have contributed to in each of these successful claims.

Response

All data as of 3 September 2024. All data relates to claims received by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) and those transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on 1 November 2021. All figures provided relate to COVID-19 vaccines.

Question 1 How many claims have been successful with regards the covid vaccine to the VDPS?
186 claimants have been notified that they are entitled to a Vaccine Damage Payment.

Question 2 The physical or mental health condition that the vaccine was deemed to have contributed to in each of these successful claims.

We have refined how we record conditions in relation to awarded claims. The list of conditions now covers the main condition the independent medical assessor has identified.

The main conditions of the claims awarded a Vaccine Damage Payment:

• Anaphylaxis

• Bell's palsy

• Capillary leak syndrome

• Guillain-Barre syndrome

• Immune thrombocytopenia

• Myocardial Infarction

• Myocarditis/pericarditis

• Pulmonary Embolus

• Stroke/ CVA

• Transverse myelitis

• VITT/Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis

Other, including:

• Cause of death - acute allergic reaction

• Bacterial pneumonia, immune response to vaccine, inflammation of lungs

• Vaccine-induced vasculitis

• Bilateral sequential optic neuropathy

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