Chris Presses For Case Workers For Vaccine Damage Applicants

WA VPPS 29Mar22

Chris Presses For Case Workers For Vaccine Damage Applicants

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Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that applicants under the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme are (a) allocated a named person to be their point of contact and (b) given a monthly report on the progress of their case.

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Maria Caulfield The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care

The NHS Business Services Authority is ensuring that each claimant has a limited number of caseworkers assigned to their claim to improve their experience. Claimants are provided with updates at key points as their claims are progressed.

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