PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Care Homes: Sick Pay (4 June 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential correlation between statutory sick pay for long-term care facility staff and rates of covid-19 transmission and infection in care home residents; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Charlotte Nichols (Labour)

The Vivaldi study found that payment of statutory sick pay, compared to no payment, was associated with significant reduction of infection among staff and residents in care homes. The Infection Control Fund, first introduced in May 2020, has provided £1.35 billion to support adult social care providers take infection prevention and control measures such as helping maintain the normal wages of staff who need to self-isolate during the pandemic.

The reports for the Vivaldi study are available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/vivaldi-study-results

Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
23 June 2021