Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many NHS staff to date have died as a result of contracting COVID-19.
The Office for National Statistics’ data shows that from 9 March 2020 to 31 March 2022, there were 796 registered deaths involving COVID-19 among healthcare workers in England aged 20 to 64 years old, using their last known occupation. The definition of healthcare workers includes those employed in the National Health Service and healthcare sector workers.