Recommendation COVID-M6.6: Data on Deaths of Social Care Workers
From Module 6: Care Sector, published 20 October 2026.
Recommendation
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should develop mechanisms to collect, analyse and publish data systematically about the deaths of adult social care workers during a pandemic. The data must be comparable across the four nations of the UK.
The mechanisms should be developed with the adult social care workforce regulators, public health agencies and employers of care workers.
Government response
No formal government response published. The Welsh Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its page of responses to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry module reports on GOV.WALES was checked on 20 October 2026.
No formal government response published. The Scottish Government had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when its collection of responses to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on gov.scot was checked on 20 October 2026.
No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 6 report of 20 October 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was checked on 20 October 2026.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Department of Health and Social Care has been found in the sources searched (last checked 20 October 2026). This is separate from the response above.
Responsible bodies
Themes and tags
Who has spoken
- Welsh Government
Response - Scottish Government
Response - Northern Ireland Executive
Response