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NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme 2020

Asked by Ruth CadburyLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 14 January 2025UIN 22635

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether applications for the NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance payment received after 30 September 2023 are eligible.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme was launched on 20 May 2020 to recognise the increased risks that National Health Service and social care staff faced in carrying out their duties during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Scheme closed to new deaths on 31 March 2022. Under the rules of the scheme, claimants were required to submit claims for deaths that occurred while the Scheme was open before 30 September 2023.

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