Question reference: S6W-08083
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 19 April 2022
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 May 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS and social care staff have died during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland in the period from 1 March 2020 to 31 March 2022; how many of these deaths involved COVID-19; how many of these people’s families have made a claim for the £60,000 death in service payment, and how many have received the payment to date.
Answer
National Records of Scotland publishes data on the number of people who have died in Scotland. Data for the period March 2020 to March 2022 on population deaths by occupation group, including data on deaths with Covid-19 mentioned on death certificates, is available here (table M7): https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files/statistics/covid19/covid-deaths-22-monthly-data-week-14.xlsx
Occupation | Deaths from all causes | Deaths where Covid-19 mentioned |
Health care worker | 594 | 52 |
Social care worker | 931 | 84 |
Please note, this categorisation of occupation does not specify the individual’s employer.
The Scottish Public Pensions Agency has received 18 applications to the NHS Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme and 16 of those have received payment.
There have been 29 claims made to the Coronavirus (COVID-19): Social Care Worker Death in Service Scheme, 28 of those have received payment with 1 claim currently under consideration.