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Increasing demand for Covid vaccine injury payments has seen the number of staff processing claims increase 20-fold, figures show.
The Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) has scaled up operations and boosted its administrative staff from four to 80 to handle the claims.
A project is also under way to digitalise the application process to make it simpler and quicker for claimants.
But MPs, campaigners and families have called for the process to be reformed, arguing that the payment cap of £120,000 is too low, too slow and bureaucratic, and the eligibility criteria is too strict.
If a person is left severely disabled as a result of receiving certain vaccines they could be entitled to the one-off payment from the Government.
Families can also apply for the payment if a loved one died as a result of a vaccination.
It is not treated as compensation, meaning claimants can still seek damages in court.
[b"]Inadequate funds to families"
A group of patients and families are now taking legal action against AstraZeneca after they suffered injury or bereavement as a result of complications from the Covid vaccine.
The Hausfeld Claimant group, which includes 13 bereaved families and 28 survivors, says the VDPS offers “inadequate funds to families”.
Sarah Moore, leading the litigation, said: “No amount of compensation will bring back loved ones or restore those injured to health but it can make life a little bit easier for the mothers, fathers, children, parents and partners who are now reshaping their lives.”
Figures released under a Freedom of Information (FOI) request in March show more than 4,000 claims related to a Covid-19 vaccine have been submitted since Nov 1 2021.
The payment scheme was taken over by the NHS Business Services Authority in November 2021, after previously being handled by the Department for Work and Pensions
Of the 4,017 claims made, 334 relate to a claimant who has died.
Some 48 claims have been approved so far, Maria Caulfield, a health minister, told MPs in February.
A separate FOI document published in February revealed 3,842 claims had been received, meaning the number submitted has increased by almost 200 in one month alone. Of those, 814 claims were unsuccessful and a further 37 did not meet the eligibility criteria.
Under the VDPS, severe disablement means a patient must be at least 60 per cent disabled to qualify, based on the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982.
originally posted by: ltrz2025
People looking to get paid for their stupidity?...
originally posted by: ltrz2025
People looking to get paid for their stupidity?...
originally posted by: ltrz2025
It's not a vaccine or a vax.... it's an experimental genetic experiment, also known as an mRNA clot shot. This clot shot was controversial even before it was out/made. These people that today complain for their "injury", a few months ago wanted that every person who didn't get the jab or questioned it, had to lose their jobs, or even be put in jail. This is literally what most of these people thought.
Forced means that you had no option. To have a job or another it's optional. By acceding to jab themselves to "have a job", they became complicit with the system. They should have revolted and burnt everything down. They didn't. They accepted like mindless sheep, while judging everyone how had at least some neurons active enough to not become a ginea pig. Now they want money for that. GTFO.
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: Asmodeus3
I know it is wishful thinking, but I hope we all learned a lesson from this.
We never win when we do not stand together. Many that took the vaccine did not win, and many of us that did not take the vaccine did not win.
The winners are the ones we should have stood to gather and fought against, instead of each other, maybe if we had done that, all of us would have won.
CV was just the beta test. The big challenge is still to come. They think they learned a lot about us and how to more efficiently control us. I pray that we learned from our mistakes and that we will do much better the next time.
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: Asmodeus3
I know it is wishful thinking, but I hope we all learned a lesson from this.
We never win when we do not stand together. Many that took the vaccine did not win, and many of us that did not take the vaccine did not win.
The winners are the ones we should have stood to gather and fought against, instead of each other, maybe if we had done that, all of us would have won.
CV was just the beta test. The big challenge is still to come. They think they learned a lot about us and how to more efficiently control us. I pray that we learned from our mistakes and that we will do much better the next time.
Many of us were not fooled and had been fighting for what we thought was and still is a great cause. I still think this is a fight that we can win and as the evidence shows we were right challenge the dogma and official narratives.
originally posted by: igloo
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: Asmodeus3
I know it is wishful thinking, but I hope we all learned a lesson from this.
We never win when we do not stand together. Many that took the vaccine did not win, and many of us that did not take the vaccine did not win.
The winners are the ones we should have stood to gather and fought against, instead of each other, maybe if we had done that, all of us would have won.
CV was just the beta test. The big challenge is still to come. They think they learned a lot about us and how to more efficiently control us. I pray that we learned from our mistakes and that we will do much better the next time.
Many of us were not fooled and had been fighting for what we thought was and still is a great cause. I still think this is a fight that we can win and as the evidence shows we were right challenge the dogma and official narratives.
I understand the hurt of the poster saying the sheep deserved it but what I've learned through all of this was that while I was shunned and censored from the beginning, I am still healthy and uncompromised both physically and morally. I will never be the same nor trust anyone again but that said I have much compassion for those that were damaged. We still don't fully know the numbers of vaccine damaged and it is possible there are now enough aware people that collectively we can rise together against this machine that is grinding us down.
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: igloo
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: Asmodeus3
I know it is wishful thinking, but I hope we all learned a lesson from this.
We never win when we do not stand together. Many that took the vaccine did not win, and many of us that did not take the vaccine did not win.
The winners are the ones we should have stood to gather and fought against, instead of each other, maybe if we had done that, all of us would have won.
CV was just the beta test. The big challenge is still to come. They think they learned a lot about us and how to more efficiently control us. I pray that we learned from our mistakes and that we will do much better the next time.
Many of us were not fooled and had been fighting for what we thought was and still is a great cause. I still think this is a fight that we can win and as the evidence shows we were right challenge the dogma and official narratives.
I understand the hurt of the poster saying the sheep deserved it but what I've learned through all of this was that while I was shunned and censored from the beginning, I am still healthy and uncompromised both physically and morally. I will never be the same nor trust anyone again but that said I have much compassion for those that were damaged. We still don't fully know the numbers of vaccine damaged and it is possible there are now enough aware people that collectively we can rise together against this machine that is grinding us down.
Sane here. I don't want to blame those who have been injured because they decided to get vaccinated or because they were often pressured and coerced to get the shots. Many didn't have much choice and they were threatened by their employers with dismissal in case they declined.
originally posted by: nickyw
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: igloo
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: Asmodeus3
I know it is wishful thinking, but I hope we all learned a lesson from this.
We never win when we do not stand together. Many that took the vaccine did not win, and many of us that did not take the vaccine did not win.
The winners are the ones we should have stood to gather and fought against, instead of each other, maybe if we had done that, all of us would have won.
CV was just the beta test. The big challenge is still to come. They think they learned a lot about us and how to more efficiently control us. I pray that we learned from our mistakes and that we will do much better the next time.
Many of us were not fooled and had been fighting for what we thought was and still is a great cause. I still think this is a fight that we can win and as the evidence shows we were right challenge the dogma and official narratives.
I understand the hurt of the poster saying the sheep deserved it but what I've learned through all of this was that while I was shunned and censored from the beginning, I am still healthy and uncompromised both physically and morally. I will never be the same nor trust anyone again but that said I have much compassion for those that were damaged. We still don't fully know the numbers of vaccine damaged and it is possible there are now enough aware people that collectively we can rise together against this machine that is grinding us down.
Sane here. I don't want to blame those who have been injured because they decided to get vaccinated or because they were often pressured and coerced to get the shots. Many didn't have much choice and they were threatened by their employers with dismissal in case they declined.
don't need to be pressured and coerced when you firmly believe the medical profession has not sold itself out to lobbies or goverments..
for the UK they've killed the trust they had built and I'm not sure we've seen the full extent of the damage yet, its notable that many prefer to die at home with family than alone in hospital, or prefer dodgy tests/scans than trust the nhs..
we see the same in education unlike the us no homeschool rules so kids just become ghosts ie drop out of even basic schooling, the number of kids turning into ghosts keeps rising and we're no where near seeing that one pay out in full..
the cost to society will be far bigger than anyone realises, and as yet no one in gov cares... but they will when reality bites.