Scheme to cover adverse events resulting from State vaccine programmes including Covid, flu, MMR and suite of childhood vaccinations
The Government is planning to approve a vaccine-damage scheme before the end of the year, despite the process previously stalling.
Rare events can occur in reaction to a vaccine despite extensive processes to test them, proper design, manufacture and delivery. The source said there was a “moral argument” that if the State is encouraging vaccination it should accept it has some responsibility towards the small number of individuals who suffer harm.
Pursuing compensation following such an event currently means expensive and time-consuming litigation, which can also leave the State on the hook for significant legal costs. A 2020 report on the handling of medical negligence claims produced by an expert group chaired by Mr Justice Charles Meenan recommended the introduction of an ex-gratia scheme for people who suffered injury arising from vaccination programmes where the reaction was moderate or severe.
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