Covid-19 Inquiry - Fourth Report published

The Covid - 19 Inquiry has published its fourth report - 

Inquiry Module Reports - UK Covid-19 Inquiry

The report follows the Inquiry's investigation into ‘Vaccines and therapeutics of the United Kingdom’ 

It considers and makes recommendations on a range of issues relating to the development of Covid-19 vaccines and the implementation of the vaccine rollout programme in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Issues relating to the treatment of Covid-19 through both existing and new medications were examined in parallel.

The report concludes that the development and rollout of Covid-19 vaccines was “an extraordinary feat” and the vaccine and therapeutic programmes were “two of the success stories of the pandemic” – but that governments and health services must now work to rebuild public trust in vaccines.

Overall Covid vaccine programme a "success story" but public trust in vaccines must be rebuilt, Inquiry finds - UK Covid-19 Inquiry

Of particular legal interest is the Inquiry finding that the current Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme is not sufficiently supportive of those who suffered serious harm as a result of vaccination and requires urgent reform. The detail of this is to be found in Chapter 8 of the Inquiry's fourth report.