Secret Fund Pays Pounds 3.5m to Immunisation Victims ; Government Urged to Reveal Which Vaccines Sparked Compensation Claims

Evening Standard - London › March 16, 2005

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DETAILS of secret payments to patients disabled by childhood vaccines are revealed today.

New figures show the Government has paid Pounds 3.5 million to families who claim their children fell sick after jabs. Over the years, up to 30,000 people have battled for compensation, with just a handful winning their cases.

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Secret Fund Pays Pounds 3.5m to Immunisation Victims ; Government Urged to Reveal Which Vaccines Sparked Compensation Claims

The payouts, all made since 1997, were revealed under the Freedom of Information Act. But ministers refuse to say which injections were involved - claiming such re...

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