evidence: Covid-19: UK makes first payments to compensate injury or death from vaccines BMJ 2022; 377 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o1565 (Published 24 June 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;377:o1565The first compensation payments in the UK have been made to families who have been bereaved, or to people who have been injured, as a result of a covid-19 vaccine. [...] Sarah Moore, a partner at the Hausfeld law firm, which is representing people seeking compensation, told The BMJ it was an important moment. "While the VDPS payments are very modest in amount, and will do very little to alleviate the financial difficulties with which many families are now struggling as a consequence of injury or bereavement, the fact of payment for some will mark a moment of vindication in that it is the clearest statement yet, by the government, that in some rare instances the covid-19 vaccines have caused very significant injury or death."