16.04.2026 Module4 rEPORT: DETAILS & DATA
CVD19 Public Inquiry Module 4 Report
+On 16 Apr 2026, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry publishes its report into Module 4: Vaccines & Therapeutics.
=In Jan 2025, a forgotten few with Covid19 Vaccine Damage gave evidence to the Inquiry. Their evidence details daily struggle with:
- permanent & serious health damage.
- the consequences of being unable to return to work, homes sold, no new normal.
- the cost of living, plus its Disability Price Tag.
And, being ghosted by Government.
CVD19 Public Inquiry Module 4
Thank You, Baroness Hallett and the COVID-19 Inquiry team.
- For the public platform.
- For the professionalism.
- the consequences of being unable to return to work, homes sold, no new normal.
- the cost of living, plus its Disability Price Tag.
And, for the constructive and empathetic approach towards those injured or bereaved by adverse reactions.
How the UK COVID-19 Inquiry Helps:
The Every Story Matters public consultation captured personal experiences.
Inquiry staff trained to support the distressed particpants, both the VaxDamaged and their unpaid family carers.
Key themes from evidence in Module 4:
- hospitalisation
- ongoing disabilities
- psychological impact
- financial difficulties.
In Their Own Words:
Core participant evidence
INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATION
Ruth O’ Rafferty, Scottish Vaccine Injury Group (15.01.25)
“46% of the respondents said that even though doctors said to them “Yes, we think this was the vaccine that caused this”, they didn’t write it in their medical notes.
There’s an element of fear there that if you speak out against the vaccines you’re going against societal or cultural expectations that the vaccines are wonderful.”
Kate Scott, Vaccine Injured and Bereaved UK (15.01.25)
“We had no one to talk to who had the shared experience of almost being pushed into the shadows during the pandemic.
We’re an uncomfortable truth but we are a truth, and the truth is, for everybody in our group, the vaccine caused serious harm and death.”
DATA: INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATION
by the Arm’s Length Body, the NHS B-SA
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme claims
claims processed by Q1 2026
of patients awarded Cvd19 Vaccine Damages.
patients awarded Cvd19 Vaccine Damages.
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Reference list
CharityCommission (2023). UKCVFAMILY – Charity 1207178. [online] prd-ds-register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Available at: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5224421?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=5224421 [Accessed 4 Feb. 2026].
INQUIRY (2026). Vaccines and Therapeutics (Module 4) – UK Covid-19 Inquiry. [online] UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Available at: https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/modules/vaccines-and-therapeutics-module-4/ [Accessed 16 Feb. 2026].
Legislation.gov.uk (2026). Search results: vaccine damage in Primary and Secondary legislation. [online] Legislation.gov.uk. Available at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/primary+secondary?title=vaccine%20damage [Accessed 16 Apr. 2026]. 27 results.
NHS BSA (2026). Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme COVID-19 claim volumes and outcomes – Open Data Portal. [online] Nhsbsa.net. Available at: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/vdps-covid-19.
Norris, E. (2017). How public inquiries can lead to change. [online] http://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Available at: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/Public%20Inquiries%20%28final%29.pdf.
Rafferty, R. and Scottish Vaccine Injury Group (2025). 15 January 2025 — Searchable transcripts of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearings documentation. [online] Dracos.co.uk. Available at: https://ukcovid19inquiry.dracos.co.uk/module-4/2025-01-15/#id4 [Accessed 6 Feb. 2026].
SCOPE (2025). Disability Price Tag 2024 | Disability charity Scope UK. [online] Scope. Available at: https://www.scope.org.uk/campaigns/disability-price-tag.
Scott, K. and VIB UK (2025). 15 January 2025 — Searchable transcripts of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearings documentation. [online] Dracos.co.uk. Available at: https://ukcovid19inquiry.dracos.co.uk/module-4/2025-01-15/#id4 [Accessed 6 Feb. 2026].
UK Covid-19 Inquiry. (2023). Every Story Matters: Vaccines and Therapeutics – In Brief – UK Covid-19 Inquiry. [online] Available at: https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/every-story-matters/records/vaccines-and-therapeutics-in-brief/ [Accessed 16 Apr. 2026].
UK Parliament (2026). Find references – Hansard – UK Parliament. [online] Parliament.uk. Available at: https://hansard.parliament.uk/search/Contributions?startDate=2020-01-01&endDate=2026-04-10&searchTerm=%22Vaccine%20Damage%20Payment%20Scheme%22&house=Commons&partial=False&sortOrder=1 [Accessed 10 Apr. 2026]. ‘Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme’ / House of Commons.
Core participant evidence
OUTDATED CRITERIA
Kate Scott, Vaccine Injured and Bereaved UK (15.01.25)
“I don’t think that doing the things that the state asks you to do should put us at risk of losing our house or people in our group having to use a food bank, having to move house because they can no longer afford it.
That’s just extra trauma to what we’re already struggling through.”
Ruth O’ Rafferty, Scottish Vaccine Injury Group (15.01.25)
“I mean, how can you prove you’re 60% disabled when your condition fluctuates from day to day? It’s actually — the response that I get from group members, overwhelming response, is that it’s a very traumatic experience to go through, because a lot of them – I mean, I’m having quite — I’m losing my words here, but a lot of us are neurologically impacted so we find it difficult to communicate. And we have some people who are so badly injured that they can’t actually write.
So they’re trying to get medical records from here, there and everywhere, collate it all, and they have to prove causation. I mean, how can a normal layperson do that? It’s very traumatic.”
DATA: OUTDATED CRITERIA
from the Government Departments: Work & Pensions, Health & Social Care
of patients rejected for Cvd19 Vaccine Damages.
patients rejected for Cvd19 Vaccine Damages.
rejected under Criteria (2)
To prove, on the balance of probabilities, that the vaccine caused the disability in question.
rejected under Criteria (3)
Assessment does not find patient ‘at least’ 60% disabled (Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit, DWP).
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Reference list
CharityCommission (2023). UKCVFAMILY – Charity 1207178. [online] prd-ds-register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Available at: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5224421?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=5224421 [Accessed 4 Feb. 2026].
INQUIRY (2026). Vaccines and Therapeutics (Module 4) – UK Covid-19 Inquiry. [online] UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Available at: https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/modules/vaccines-and-therapeutics-module-4/ [Accessed 16 Feb. 2026].
Legislation.gov.uk (2026). Search results: vaccine damage in Primary and Secondary legislation. [online] Legislation.gov.uk. Available at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/primary+secondary?title=vaccine%20damage [Accessed 16 Apr. 2026]. 27 results.
NHS BSA (2026). Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme COVID-19 claim volumes and outcomes – Open Data Portal. [online] Nhsbsa.net. Available at: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/vdps-covid-19.
Norris, E. (2017). How public inquiries can lead to change. [online] http://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Available at: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/Public%20Inquiries%20%28final%29.pdf.
Rafferty, R. and Scottish Vaccine Injury Group (2025). 15 January 2025 — Searchable transcripts of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearings documentation. [online] Dracos.co.uk. Available at: https://ukcovid19inquiry.dracos.co.uk/module-4/2025-01-15/#id4 [Accessed 6 Feb. 2026].
SCOPE (2025). Disability Price Tag 2024 | Disability charity Scope UK. [online] Scope. Available at: https://www.scope.org.uk/campaigns/disability-price-tag.
Scott, K. and VIB UK (2025). 15 January 2025 — Searchable transcripts of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearings documentation. [online] Dracos.co.uk. Available at: https://ukcovid19inquiry.dracos.co.uk/module-4/2025-01-15/#id4 [Accessed 6 Feb. 2026].
UK Covid-19 Inquiry. (2023). Every Story Matters: Vaccines and Therapeutics – In Brief – UK Covid-19 Inquiry. [online] Available at: https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/every-story-matters/records/vaccines-and-therapeutics-in-brief/ [Accessed 16 Apr. 2026].
UK Parliament (2026). Find references – Hansard – UK Parliament. [online] Parliament.uk. Available at: https://hansard.parliament.uk/search/Contributions?startDate=2020-01-01&endDate=2026-04-10&searchTerm=%22Vaccine%20Damage%20Payment%20Scheme%22&house=Commons&partial=False&sortOrder=1 [Accessed 10 Apr. 2026]. ‘Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme’ / House of Commons.
