Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff working in health and social care in England have died from covid-19.

As of 9 June 2020, 211 National Health Service staff deaths involving COVID-19 have been reported in England. The number of NHS worker deaths is verified from direct reports from NHS employing organisations and the number of individuals identified as deceased healthcare workers by non-NHS organisations. This information is investigated and triangulated by NHS England to give a high level of confidence of validity.

Public Health England analysis of mortality data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that at least 214 deaths involving COVID-19 among social care workers were registered 21 March to 8 May 2020 (in England, of those aged 20-64 years). The ONS will be publishing an updated figure in due course.