Petition Pay the funeral costs of COVID—19 infected health and social care professionals

Our care professionals have not been provided with adequate personal protective equipment (PPE). As a result some have been infected with COVID-19 and have died. These were and are preventable deaths. For households on low income the money will ease an already difficult situation.

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The households of some care professionals will be on a low income but are not eligible for Funeral Expenses Payment (FEP) The average cost of a funeral in the UK is nearly £4000. In the financial year 2018, the average FEP was £1372. Many people have been turning to public fundraising to cover costs in a situation that is called funeral poverty. The government must ease the financial pressure households will face when a loved one dies.

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Date closed 29 November 2020
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