Request

1. How many people have submitted a vaccine damage claim for type 1 diabetes?

2. What has been the average time to make a decision?

3. How many people in the country have type 1 diabetes on a timeline from before and after the pandemic?

Date Range: 01/02/2020 – 22/01/2025

Response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds some of the information you have requested.

All data as of 31 December 2024. All data relates to claims received by the NHSBSA and those transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on 1 November 2021. All figures provided for questions 1 and 2 relate to type 1 diabetes claims.

Question 1

Claimants can tell us what condition their claim relates to on their claim form. However, the independent medical assessor may identify different or additional conditions when they review the vaccinated person's medical records. This means the condition recorded against a claim can be different to the condition initially described on the claim form.

Independent medical assessors write a report explaining how they reached their decision. We've used their reports to identify how many contain the search term ‘type 1 diabetes’.

35 medical assessment reports contain the search term ‘type 1 diabetes’.

Question 2

The average number of days it took from receipt of a claim from a claimant to communicating an outcome was 223.

As part of the process of the scheme, we need a full set of medical records for each claimant, and it can take time for the claimant’s healthcare providers to gather and securely supply copies of these records.

Once sent for assessment, the time it takes for the independent medical assessor to review a claim can vary from case to case depending on the individual circumstances of each claim.

Question 3

I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA.

Advice and Assistance

Having reviewed Question 3 of your request, I believe that it is possible that NHS England may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at:

NHS England PO Box 16738 Redditch B97 9PT Telephone 0300 311 22 33 Email: england.contactus@nhs.net
Web http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/

Publishing this response

Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-[02535]

Your personal details will be removed from the published response.

Data Queries

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data. Reusing the data and copyright

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The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, NHSBSA Copyright 2025” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence:

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