Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced he is looking to change the rules, following claims that the current one-off payment of £120,000 is inadequate.
Campaigners have also criticised the requirement that claimants must be deemed at least 60 per cent disabled in order to qualify for the funds.
Now, in a letter to the family of a man left disabled by the AstraZeneca jab seen by The Telegraph, Mr Streeting said he has 'commissioned officials to work up a number of options' to reform the current vaccine damage payment scheme (VDPS).
Kate Scott's husband Jamie suffered a permanent brain injury from a blood clot brought one by an incredibly rare reaction to the AstraZeneca jab missed in safety trials.
He was given the vaccine in April 2021 and has been unable to work since.
Mrs Scott described the VDPS as 'ludicrous' with the minimum 60 per cent disabled threshold far too high.
'If your injury equates to just a 10 per cent change, that’s life-changing for you. It might mean you can’t work anymore,' she said....<<<Read More>>>....
