Thursday 20 October 2022 07:22 PM NHS should treat vaccine 'injuries' same way it does long Covid, MP claims trends now
The NHS should launch specialised clinics to people who have suffered long-lasting illness after getting a Covid jab, an MP said today.
Sir Christopher Chope, Tory MP for Christchurch in Dorset, called for the health service to 'take seriously' the need to help the unlucky few who've become seriously unwell after getting the life-saving vaccines.
He also said it should be easier for anyone who has been physically or mentally disabled by the jabs to access a £120,000 pay-out — the one-off compensation victims can currently get.
Sir Christopher made the comments at the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the victims of vaccine damage, which he chairs.
He said the NHS has so far rejected calls for specialist clinics — despite setting up similar ones for those suffering from the long-lasting effects of a Covid infection.
More than 136million Covid vaccines have been dished out in the UK since the pandemic began.
Sir Christopher Chope (left), Tory MP for Christchurch in Dorset, called for the health service to 'take seriously' the need for medical help and advice for those who became unwell after getting a vaccine. Vikki Spit (right) in June became the first person to receive a Vaccine Damage Payment of £120,000 after her fiance died following complications from the AstraZeneca vaccine last year
Sir Christopher also invited Dr Aseem Malhotra (pictured), an NHS consultant cardiologist, to give a talk on 'curing the pandemic of misinformation on Covid through real evidence-based medicine'. He argued that people were more likely to suffer a serious reaction to a Covid vaccine than be hospitalised with the virus
Real-world evidence has repeatedly proven they are safe and save lives.
Yet, like with every medicine, there are risks. Scientists insist, when it comes to the Covid vaccines, however, that they are tiny.
Hundreds of recipients have reported suffering severe complications, including blood clots, heart inflammation and Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
Some Britons have even died from blood clots, an extremely rare side effect of AstraZeneca's jab that saw it eventually restricted for the over-40s.
More than 1,200 claims for compensation have been made to the UK's vaccine damage payment scheme.
It entitles families to a £120,000 payment if a loved one dies or is left significantly disabled as a result of Government-recommended jabs, not just Covid ones.
The first Covid vaccine pay-out was to Vikki Spit, the wife of rock musician Lord Zion, who died from a blood clot following his AstraZeneca jab.
Dozens
