Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times,
The number of claims for the UK’s vaccine injury scheme is expected to be 18 times higher next year, according to a government-backed health body.
The number was
revealed in a tender for a contract for Medical Assessments:
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, published on Nov. 15, which runs until Dec. 16, 2022.
The Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) is a one-off tax-free payment of £120,000 ($160,000) if someone is proved to have been severely disabled as a result of vaccination from diseases such as measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), swine flu, and more.
In December 2020, ministers agreed to add COVID-19 to the scheme, to demonstrate “government confidence in the safety profile” of any vaccine being used in the vaccination programme.
In the UK, the
CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccines currently approved for use are the Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines. All three have legal indemnity protecting companies from being sued for damages.
Historically, the average number of annual assessments for the scheme has been 100. It is now estimated that there will be 1,500 to 1,800 claims, according to the tender document.
There are currently around 500 cases and, according to the National Health Service Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), that number is increasing by 20 per week.
According to the
UK Coronavirus Dashboard, 110,206,709 vaccine doses have been administered in the country as of Nov. 17.
“As new vaccinations are added, this is likely to increase the amount of claims made against the scheme. The estimated volume of claims has been calculated as a worst-case scenario projection on the basis of the new vaccinations being added to the scheme,” a government spokesperson told The Epoch Times.
The NHSBSA is an arm’s length body of the Department of Health and Social Care. It manages over £35 billion ($47 billion) of NHS spend annually, delivering a range of services to NHS organisations, contractors, patients, and the public. It added the VDPS to its portfolio of work from Nov. 1, 2021.
Any existing claims have been automatically transferred over to the NHSBSA from the Department for Work and Pensions.