By GB News (World News) | Created at 2025-03-17 08:26:22 | Updated at 2025-03-17 10:41:44
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Consultants assessing Covid vaccine damage claims on behalf of the NHS have been paid millions more than the victims, it has emerged.
Freedom of Information requests made by The Telegraph show that US-based Crawford and Company has received £27,264,896 for its services.
Yet just 203 claimants have been notified they are entitled to a one-off payment of £120,000 through the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS).
This amounts to £24,360,000 in total payments to victims.
The VDPS is run by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) - but has faced criticism for its lack of transparency.
More than 98 per cent of vaccine compensation cases have been thrown out entirely
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Consultants have been paid around £3million more than vaccine damage scheme claimants
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Applicants must prove the jab definitely caused their condition - and that it made them at least 60 per cent disabled
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Thousands of people have been turned down by medical assessors who say there is no concrete proof that the vaccine caused harm.
Hundreds of others have been refused payment because they are "not disabled enough".
Critics say the 60 per cent disability cut-off is arbitrary and impossible to determine.
The Hart group, comprising medical professionals and scientists, has warned that Crawford and Company has a "troubling reputation with numerous reports of mismanagement and claims denials across various sectors".
GB News has approached the NHSBSA for comment.
