Families of NHS and social care staff who die from coronavirus in the course of “essential frontline work” will receive a £60,000 payment, it has been announced.
Announcing the life assurance scheme at the daily Downing Street Covid-19 briefing Heath Secretary Matt Hancock said: “Families and staff who die from coronavirus in the course of their essential frontline work will receive a £60,000 payment.”
He added: “Nothing replaces the loss of a loved one but we want to do everything we can to support families who are dealing with grief.”
Mr Hancock said 82 NHS staff and 16 care workers are confirmed to have died from coronavirus but the real figure is thought to be higher and more than 100.
Unison general secretary Dave Prentis has backed the scheme saying it was the ‘least we can do’.
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