Man, 27, dies weeks after receiving Covid vaccine he was wrongly invited to take by NHS

A man who died three weeks after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab was given the vaccine despite not being eligible, an independent investigation has found.

A probe into failings linked to the death of Jack Last, a young man who died in April 2021 from a blood clot linked to the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, revealed the 27-year-old was wrongly called up early for the vaccine by his GP - and so, did not receive a jab deemed safer for under 30s.

The report found his death was “a consequence of a combination of system shortcomings, human error, and tragic unfortunate timing”.

His family have accused the NHS of a “litany of errors” that cost a “fit and healthy” young man his life.

They said: “Sharing the horrific ordeal that Jack was put through is something that must be done to highlight the litany of errors that have cost Jack his life…Jack died following days of agony, with immense internal damage throughout his body, bleeding and clots in his brain.”

These failures, according to the report, also included a “lack of urgency” in getting him a CT head scan treatment for possible blood clots and a misdiagnosis of his scan once it had been done.

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Source: The Independent, 18 September 2024