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Only 19 bereaved families approved for NHS staff coronavirus compensation scheme – The Guardian

At least 540 health and social workers have died in England and Wales during crisis

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Only 19 families of NHS and social care workers who died after contracting coronavirus have so far been approved for the £60,000 compensation payment from the government.
At least 540 health and social care workers have died in England and Wales during the crisis but, as of 8 July, just 51 claim forms for the taxpayer-funded bereavement scheme had been received. None have been rejected, with 32 still under consideration, according to the figures, provided by the Department of Health and Social …

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