Home News 10-year-old boy who sleeps for 12 hours a day after developing narcolepsy from swine flu jab wins £120k compensation from NHS
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Narcolepsy sufferer Josh Hadfield. See SWNS story SWNARC; A boy who developed narcolepsy when he received a swine flu jab has won £120,000 in damages after his mother sued the government. Josh Hadfield, 10, developed the condition in 2010 – three weeks after receiving the Pandremix vaccine – causing him to sleep for 19 hours a day. His mother Caroline Hadfield had trouble getting the pay out initially because the government said he was not "severely disabled" enough. But following an appeal, his mother was able to prove that Josh – who was entitled to damages