Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) NHS and (b) social care staff have died from covid-19 since 9 March 2020.

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows that between 9 March 2020 and 31 March 2022, there were 796 registered deaths involving COVID-19 among healthcare workers and 1,243 deaths among social care workers in England aged 20 to 64 years old, using the last known occupation.

The definition of healthcare workers used will include both those employed in the National Health Service and other healthcare sector workers.