Covid vaccine compensation scheme set for overhaul after Inquiry criticism

Covid vaccine victim 'not disabled enough' for compensation

Nurse Deemed ‘Not Disabled Enough’ For Payout After COVID Jab Paralysis

AstraZeneca volunteer left with permanent spinal damage The post Nurse Deemed ‘Not Disabled Enough’ For Payout After COVID Jab Paralysis first appeared on modernity.

Covid vaccine compensation scheme set for overhaul after Inquiry criticism

Ministers promise to reform the scheme that provides financial support for those injured or bereaved by vaccines in the UK.

Covid Vaccine Victim "Not Disabled Enough" for Compensation

A nurse who was struck down with a rare neurological condition that left her unable to use her limbs while taking part in the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial was denied compensation because she was not disabled enough.

Vaccine victim who lost the use of her hands gets no compensation

Marie-Claire Hoyle volunteered to take part in the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial in 2020 but just two weeks after her second jab, she developed a debilitating neurological condition.

Nurse struck by rare condition linked to Covid vaccine 'not disabled enough' for compensation

A nurse who suffered permanent spinal cord damage after taking part in the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial has been denied Government compensation, as her condition "no longer meets the required disability threshold".Marie-Claire Hoyle, 44, developed transverse myelitis, a rare neurological condition that causes inflammation of the spinal cord, just two weeks after receiving her second dose of the vaccine in August 2020.The illness lef…