Week 1
9 September 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 9 September | Tuesday 10 September | Wednesday 11 September | Thursday 12 September | Friday 13 September |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Impact video
Opening Statements Counsel to the Inquiry |
Opening Statements
Core Participants |
Catherine Todd attending remotely (Northern Ireland Covid Bereaved Families for Justice – Impact evidence) Professor Clive Beggs (Expert in Infection Prevention and Control) |
Dr Barry Jones (Chair of the Covid-19 Airborne Transmission Alliance) Richard Brunt (Director of Engagement and Policy Division, Health and Safety Executive) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Opening Statements
Core Participants |
John Sullivan (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice – Impact evidence) Paul Jones (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru – Impact evidence) Carole Steele attending remotely (Scottish Covid Bereaved – Impact evidence) |
Professor Clive Beggs (Expert in Infection Prevention and Control)(continued) | Richard Brunt (Director of Engagement and Policy Division, Health and Safety Executive) (continued) Sara Gorton (Head of Health at UNISON and co-chair of the NHS Staff Council, Trades Union Congress) |
Non-sitting day |
Week 2
16 September 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 16 September | Tuesday 17 September | Wednesday 18 September | Thursday 19 September | Friday 20 September |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Kevin Rowan (Head of Organisation and Services Department of the Trades Union Congress) Rozanne Foyer (General Secretary, Scottish Trades Union Congress) |
Dame Ruth May (Former Chief Nursing Officer for England) Professor Jean White CBE (Former Chief Nursing Officer for Wales) |
Professor Charlotte McArdle (Former Chief Nursing Officer for Northern Ireland) | Dr Ben Warne, Dr Gee Yin Shin and Professor Dinah Gould (Experts in Infection Prevention and Control) | Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Dr Lisa Ritchie OBE (National Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control, NHS England) | Professor Jean White CBE (Former Chief Nursing Officer for Wales) (continued) Fiona McQueen CBE (Former Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland) |
Professor Susan Hopkins CBE (Chief Medical Adviser at UKHSA) | Dr Ben Warne, Dr Gee Yin Shin and Professor Dinah Gould (Experts in Infection Prevention and Control) (continued) | Non-sitting day |
Week 3
23 September 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 23 September | Tuesday 24 September | Wednesday 25 September | Thursday 26 September | Friday 27 September |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Professor Adrian Edwards (Expert in General Medical Practice) Tracy Nicholls OBE (Chief Executive, College of Paramedics) |
Professor Sir Michael McBride (Chief Medical Officer for Health Northern Ireland) |
Professor Sir Gregor Smith (Chief Medical Officer for Scotland) | Professor Kevin Fong (Former National Clinical Adviser in Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response) Professor Sir Chris Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Dr Michael Mulholland (Honorary Secretary, Royal College of General Practitioners) | Professor Sir Michael McBride (Chief Medical Officer for Health Northern Ireland) (continued) |
Professor Sir Gregor Smith (Chief Medical Officer for Scotland) (continued) | Professor Sir Chris Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England) (continued) | Non-sitting day |
Week 4
30 September 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 30 September | Tuesday 1 October | Wednesday 2 October | Thursday 3 October | Friday 4 October |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Sir Frank Atherton (Chief Medical Officer for Wales) | Mark Tilley (Ambulance Technician – Impact evidence, Trades Union Congress) Anthony Marsh (National Ambulance Adviser to NHS England and former Chair of Association of Ambulance Chief Executives) |
Professor Kathryn Rowan (Founder and Former Director of Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre) Professor Charlotte Summers and Dr Ganesh Suntharalingam OBE (Experts in Intensive Care) |
Dr Stephen Mathieu (President, Intensive Care Society) Dr Daniele Bryden (Dean of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Sir Frank Atherton (Chief Medical Officer for Wales)(continued) Dr Catherine McDonnell attending remotely (Former Medical Director of the Western Health and Social Care Trust, including Altnagelvin Area Hospital) |
Dr Tilna Tilakkumar (General Practitioner – Impact Evidence, British Medical Association) Dr Stuart Edwardson (Speciality Registrar in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine – Impact evidence, Royal College of Anaesthetists, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Association of Anaesthetists) |
Professor Charlotte Summers and Dr Ganesh Suntharalingam OBE (Experts in Intensive Care) (continued) |
Dr Katherine Henderson (President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine) Dr Sarah Powell (Clinical Psychologist – Impact evidence, Disability Charities Consortium) |
Non-sitting day |