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P-05-960 Fund the funeral costs of all NHS staff who die from or with Covid-19

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Meeting: 16/03/2021 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-960 Fund the funeral costs of all NHS staff who die from or with Covid-19

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The Committee expressed its disappointment that the Government has not agreed to establish a scheme of the type proposed by the petition. The Committee concluded, with regret, that there was little further action that it could take to progress the petition in light of the responses received. It agreed to thank the petitioner for raising the issue and closed the petition.

Meeting: 26/01/2021 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-960 Fund the funeral costs of all NHS staff who die from or with Covid-19

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The Committee considered the correspondence received and expressed its disappointment that a scheme of this type is not being taken forward by the Welsh Government. The Committee agreed to write back to Minister for Health and Social Services to seek a more detailed explanation and information about the options that the Welsh Government has considered in relation to the practicalities and costs of establishing a scheme to pay the funeral costs for NHS workers who die from or with COVID-19.

Meeting: 17/11/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-960 Fund the funeral costs of all NHS staff who die from or with Covid-19

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The Committee considered an update on the petition and agreed to write back to the Minister to thank him for the consideration given to this issue and ask whether the option to administer the scheme through funeral homes and to pay a fixed sum representing the average cost of a funeral was considered as part of this, as proposed by the petitioners.

 

Meeting: 29/09/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 P-05-960 Fund the funeral costs of all NHS staff who die from or with Covid-19

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The Committee considered further correspondence and agreed to note the Minister’s intention to consider further advice and write again to the Committee once this has been received.

 

Meeting: 17/07/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 P-05-960 Fund the funeral costs of all NHS staff who die from or with Covid-19

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The Committee considered further correspondence and noted the confirmation provided by the Minister for Health and Social Services that families of locum and agency staff, and non-British citizens working in the NHS are entitled to apply for the Death in Service Benefit Scheme.

 

The Committee agreed to write back to the Minister for Health and Social Services to express its’ support for the petitioners’ view that the basic funeral costs of NHS staff who die as a result of contracting Covid-19 through their work should be paid for, in addition to the Death in Service Benefit Scheme.

Meeting: 12/05/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 P-05-960 Fund the funeral costs of all NHS staff who die from or with Covid-19

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The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write back to the Minister for Health and Social Services to:

·         raise the points made by the petitioners about the entitlement for families of locum and agency staff, and non-British citizens working in the NHS,

·         ask whether workers in these categories would be covered by the COVID-19 Death in Service Scheme for NHS and Social Care frontline workers; and

·         propose that the Welsh Government should consider whether the scheme can be extended to other essential workers.

 

 

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