FOI-01925

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      <span class="nhsuk-u-visually-hidden">Important: </span>
      2026-01-16: Correction identified in Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme data    </span>
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  <p>An error has been identified in the underlying dataset used to produce this Freedom of Information (FOI) response. The issue relates to the metric “cumulative total of awarded claims to bereaved claimants” within Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) COVID-19 claim volumes and outcomes data.</p> 

  <p>The error has since been corrected in the published VDPS datasets. However, the data contained within this FOI response has not been retrospectively updated, as FOI responses reflect the information held at the time of disclosure.</p>
  <p>We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and recommend that users refer to the amended datasets for the most accurate and up-to-date figures:</p>
<p><a href="https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/vdps-non-covid-19">https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/vdps-non-covid-19</a></p>
<p><a href="https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/vdps-covid-19">https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/vdps-covid-19</a></p>
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Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

##Request 

You asked us: 

‘1) How many awards have been made from the VDPS that involve a death following a Covid 19 vaccine? 

2) Of the awards I am aware that payments have been made for a fatality for the conditions Vasculitis and VITT . Have payments been made following a death for any other condition following a Covid 19 vaccine such as GBS? 

3) How many of the awards paid following a Covid 19 vaccine involving a death are not for the condition VITT?’ 

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 11 May 2024.  

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. 

##Our response 

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested. 

All data as of 17 May 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  

64 awarded claims were submitted on behalf of someone who has died. However, this does not necessarily mean a COVID-19 vaccine caused the vaccinated person’s death. This number may include claims on behalf of a person whose cause of death was not related to the vaccine. 

##Question 2  

The claimant can tell us what happened after vaccination on the claim form. At the medical assessment stage, the independent medical assessor provides a description of the assessed conditions they have been able to identify from the claimant's medical records. This can sometimes be a mixture of conditions. The condition recorded against each claim may therefore be different to the condition initially stated by the claimant on their original claim form. All data provided relates to the conditions listed by the independent medical assessor in the assessment report.  

Vaccine Damage Payments have been awarded on behalf of someone who has died for the following conditions other than VITT/Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis:  

Anaphylaxis 

Guillain-Barre syndrome 

Immune thrombocytopenia 

Myocardial Infarction 

Myocarditis/pericarditis 

Pulmonary Embolus 

Stroke/CVA 

Other (including 

Cause of death - acute allergic reaction 

Bacterial pneumonia, immune response to vaccine, inflammation of lungs) 

##Question 3  

The claimant can tell us what happened after vaccination on the claim form. At the medical assessment stage, the independent medical assessor provides a description of the assessed conditions they have been able to identify from the claimant's medical records. This can sometimes be a mixture of conditions. The condition recorded against each claim may therefore be different to the condition initially stated by the claimant on their original claim form. All data provided relates to the conditions listed by the independent medical assessor in the assessment report.  

21 awarded claims on behalf of someone who has died relate to conditions other than VITT. 

##Data Queries 

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing, the data please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 

##Reusing the data and copyright 

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 

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: 

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: 

“NHSBSA Copyright 2024” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence: 

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  

Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence. 

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated.  Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information. 

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