FOI-01271

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      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:  

I am doing a research about Convid-19 vaccinations and side effects furthermore relative with deaths. So I am interesting about data and information about these specific: How many received compensation from NHSBSA concerning convid-19 vaccinations. Which were the side effects from vaccination that these people faced and how many cases of deaths resulted until now. Especially for deaths I would be willing to be informed about the side effect that occurred that. The cause of death by other means.

Your request was received on 3rd July and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  

##Response  

Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.  

All data as of 11 July 2023. 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 below relate to COVID-19 vaccines.  
                                                                       
127 claimants have been notified they are entitled to a Vaccine Damage Payment. The Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme is not a compensation scheme. It provides a one-off tax-free payment, currently £120,000, to successful applicants who, on very rare occasions, are severely disabled as a result of vaccination against a specified disease, within the meaning of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 

This information falls under the exemption in section 40 subsections 2 and 3 (a) of the Freedom of Information Act. 

This is because it would breach the first data protection principle as: 

a) it is not fair to disclose patients’ personal details to the world and is likely to cause damage or distress. 

b) these details are not of sufficient interest to the public to warrant an intrusion into the privacy of the patients. 

Conditions of the 127 claims awarded a Vaccine Damage Payment: 

* Anaphylaxis 
* Bell's palsy 
* Transverse myelitis 
* VITT 
* Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis 
* Immune thrombocytopenia 
* Myocarditis 
* pericarditis 
* Guillain-Barre syndrome 
* Myocardial Infarction 
* Stroke/ CVA 
* Vaccine-induced vasculitis 
* Critical lower limb ischaemia with rhabdomylosis 
* Bilateral sequential optic neuropathy 
* Acute allergic reaction 
* Acute sagittal sinus thrombosis 
* Cortical vein thrombosis 
* Multiple blood clots throughout the body 
* Epigastric pain 
* Back pain 
* Bacterial pneumonia,  
* Immune response to vaccine
* Inflammation of lungs 
* Multiple organ failure 
* Subarachnoid haemorrhage 
* Pneumonia 
* Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, the chronic form of Guillain-Barre syndrome 
* Intracerebral haemorrhage (bleed in the brain)  
* Thrombocytopaenia 
* Acute hypertension due to non-aneurysmal sub-arachnoid haemorrhage associated with vaccine administration  
* Chronic heart disease/ 
* Swelling and rashes in face, chest and fingers  
* Lost all sensation in upper limbs  
* Loss of vision/ 
* Headaches 
* Dizziness 
* Confusion 
* Seizures 
* Blood clot in the brain 
* Brain death 
* Cardiopulmonary thromboembolism 
* Neuromyelitis optica 
* Transverse myelitis 
* Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) 
* Mental health affected 

Conditions of the 44 claims awarded a Vaccine Damage Payment made on behalf of someone who has died: 

* Anaphylaxis 
* VITT 
* Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis 
* Guillain-Barre syndrome 
* Myocardial Infarction 
* Stroke/ CVA 
* Vaccine-induced vasculitis 
* Critical lower limb ischaemia with rhabdomylosis 
* Cause of death - acute allergic reaction 
* Severe bleed on the brain 
* Multiple blood clots throughout the body 
* Epigastric pain  
* Back pain 
* Bacterial pneumonia 
* Immune response to vaccine, 
* Inflammation of lungs 
* Multiple organ failure 
* Subarachnoid haemorrhage 
* Pneumonia 
* Intracerebral haemorrhage (bleed in the brain)  
* Confirmed thrombocytopaenia 
* Acute hypertension due to non-aneurysmal sub-arachnoid haemorrhage associated with vaccine administration  
* Chronic heart disease 
* Headaches 
* Dizziness 
* Confusion, 
* Seizures 
* Extensive blood clot in the brain 
* Brain death 
* Cardiopulmonary thromboembolism 

We are not able to give a comprehensive breakdown on COVID-19 vaccine side effects. 

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) publishes information on COVID-19 vaccine side effects reported to them by the general public. Please see the below web link which contains information which may be of interest to you. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reactions/coronavirus-vaccine-summary-of-yellow-card-reporting  

“Part of [MHRA’s] monitoring role includes reviewing reports of suspected side effects. Any member of the public or health professional can submit suspected side effects through the Yellow Card scheme. The nature of Yellow Card reporting means that reported events are not always proven side effects. Some events may have happened anyway, regardless of vaccination. This is particularly the case when millions of people are vaccinated, and especially when vaccines are being given to the most elderly people and people who have underlying illness.” 

Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:  

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01271  

Data Queries  

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