Question follow-through · 110218
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (i) whether Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) claims are matched to assessors with condition-specific expertise, (ii) whether the Department for Health and Social Care holds audits or quality as
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 9 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (i) whether Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) claims are matched to assessors with condition-specific expertise, (ii) whether the Department for Health and Social Care holds audits or quality as
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Feb 2026
Answer published
Each claim to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) is assessed on a case-by-case basis by a medical assessor. All medical assessors are General Medical Council registered doctors, who have undertaken specialised training in vaccine damage and disabili...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the validity of online evidence submitted to the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation Call for Evidence, including the verification methods for submission
Dementia: Care Homes
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data collection exists on the outcomes of people with a dementia diagnosis in care home settings.
Prescriptions: Fines
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the prescription payment penalty charge system.
Bile Acid Malabsorption: Tirzepatide
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will request that NHS England and NICE evaluate the use of Tirzepatide, currently prescribed for weight loss on the NHS, as a potential treatment for Bile Acid Malabsorption.
Melatonin
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory classification of melatonin in the UK compared with other countries.
Social Services: Standards
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue updated guidance to local authorities on minimum contact standards for adult social care front-door services, including call handling, voicemail and email tria
Healthwatch
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the independent patient and public scrutiny of NHS and social care services following the proposed abolition of local Healthwatch organisations under t
Health Services: Complaints
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to ensure the independent oversight of complaints and safeguarding concerns under the reforms proposed in the Health Bill.
Health Bill
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consultation his Department held with patients, carers, NHS staff and voluntary sector organisations before bringing forward the Health Bill.
Midwives: Mental Health Services
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Midwives
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress her Department has made in improving the recruitment and retention of midwives in the NHS under the Long Term Workforce Plan, including (a) changes in midwifery training places
Mental Health Services: Recruitment
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Key target hit with 8,500 extra mental health workers in the NHS, published on 30 June 2026, what proportion of the additional mental healt