UKCVFamily's MP Campaign

In March 2022 UKCVFamily launched an individualised MP campaign, providing support to any of our members who needed assistance in communicating with their MPs. We have directly contacted 379 MPs whose constituents are members of UKCVFamily and have experienced adverse reactions to a Covid vaccine, and we have held 13 meetings. We sent the MPs personalised emails respectfully asking them to help their named constituent. We never comment on the rollout itself. We received encouraging responses from about a third of the MPs, who provide support in these ways:

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1. They directly support their constituents by ensuring they have access to medical and financial support. Some MPs get directly involved with their constituents’ care, in some cases communicating directly with medical professionals. Some MPs write letters of complaint on behalf of their constituent if they had not been treated with the standard of care required within the NHS. And in some cases, MPs directly communicate with DWP offices, to ensure that their constituent is financially supported — this direct communication from MPs often resulted in increased communication from DWP representatives. Some MPs meet directly with their constituent.

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2. They make an effort to learn about the wider issues affecting the vaccine-injured on the whole. Some watch our documentaries. Some meet directly with UKCVFamily representatives to learn more about our group and what they can do to help us. We have also held a private audience with MP's in Westminster on behalf of the people we support.

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3. Some become our voices in parliament, supporting parliamentary discussions around the topic of adverse reactions, specifically asking questions, scheduling debates, and proposing private members’ bills. Supportive MPs should not underestimate the positive impact their willingness to listen and act with kindness and integrity has had. We are deeply grateful. This has sadly not been the case for the majority of our members. According to a survey we conducted, just 9% of them feel supported by their MPs. This has made dealing with this situation so much worse for them.

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The Vaccine Minister’s Response:  Many of those supportive MPs wrote to the relevant minister to raise concerns, only to receive the same standard response, which always promotes the vaccine and completely fails to address the questions being asked. UKCVFamily believe this is an entirely inappropriate way to respond to concerns about someone who is vaccine-injured. It’s like responding to someone who’s been in a serious car accident by telling them about all the benefits of cars, and how many people haven’t been in car accidents. It fails to even acknowledge the multitude of issues — medical, emotional, and financial — that impacts someone whose health has dramatically deteriorated post-vaccine.