VIBUK calls on the Prime Minister
@Keir_Starmer,
@DHSCgovuk, and
@jamesmurray_ldn, to act without further delay on reform of the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme.
Calls for reform did not begin with COVID-19. For decades, families affected by vaccine injury have highlighted the shortcomings of the scheme. From the Association of Parents of Vaccine Damaged Children in the 1970s, through to campaigners representing those affected by Pandemrix-associated narcolepsy, the same concerns have been raised repeatedly: an excessively restrictive 60% disablement threshold, inadequate financial support, lengthy delays, and a system that fails many of those it was created to help.
These concerns have been debated in Parliament and questions raised for years. They are well documented and long known by Government.
The COVID Inquiry has now reinforced what those affected by vaccine harms have been saying for decades: reform is needed.
Given this history, VIBUK questions why those affected are being asked to wait until as late as 16 October for a Government response to the Covid Inquiry Module 4 recommendations. The need for reform is neither new nor unexpected. Successive governments have been aware of these issues for many years.
While delays continue, individuals and families are left struggling with life-changing injuries and loss, financial hardship, and uncertainty. Some have sadly died without seeing justice, recognition, or meaningful reform.
Those who have suffered vaccine injury, and the families of those who have lost loved ones, deserve certainty, fairness, recognition and action. We urge the Government to bring forward its response and commit to meaningful reform of the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme without further delay.
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