Resilience and preparedness (Module 1) – Public Hearings


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10:00 am

  • Opening remarks from the Chair
  • Opening Statement from Counsel to the Inquiry
  • Opening Statements from Core Participants

2:00 pm

  • Opening Statements from Core Participants

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

Module 1 Impact Film

The following film was screened during the first public hearing on 13 June 2023. In her opening remarks, the Chair, Baroness Hallett, said:

“In a moment we’re going to watch our first impact film – in which people from across the four nations of the UK talk about the devastating impact the pandemic has had on them and their loved ones.

“The film is extraordinarily moving. It involves people talking in very explicit terms about their suffering and their loss – in a way that will bring back very difficult memories for many people.

“I want to thank everyone who agreed to be filmed as part of this – including those not featured in this first film. I can only imagine how difficult it must have been to relive those experiences in front of a camera. But please believe, it was worthwhile. You have recorded your experience for posterity and alerted me to issues that I need to explore.”

This film contains upsetting material. The Inquiry website has information on a number of organisations that provide support on different issues. Please contact one of them if you need help.

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10:00 am

  • Opening Statements from Core Participants

2:00 pm

  • Prof. Jimmy Whitworth and Dr. Charlotte Hammer (Experts)

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10:00 am

  • Prof. David Heymann (Expert)

2:00 pm

  • Bruce Mann and Prof. David Alexander (Experts)

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10:00 am

  • Prof. Sir Michael Marmot and Prof. Clare Bambra (Experts)

2:00 pm

  • Katharine Hammond (Former Director of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat)

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11:00 am

  • David Cameron (Former Prime Minister 2010-2016)
  • Sir Chris Wormald (Permanent Secretary of DHSC)

2:00 pm

  • Clara Swinson (Director-General in DHSC & Chair of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Programme (PIPP) Board)

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10:00 am

  • Oliver Letwin (Former Minister for Government Policy between 2010 and 2016 and former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 2014 and 2016)
  • George Osborne (Former Chancellor 2010-2016)

2:00 pm

  • Dame Sally Davies (Former Chief Medical Officer 2010-2019)

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10:00 am

  • Sir Mark Walport (Director of the Wellcome Trust from 2003–2013. Government Chief Scientific
    Adviser (GCSA) April 2013 to September 2017)
  • Oliver Dowden (Current Deputy PM and former Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office 2018-2019 and Cabinet Minister 2019-2020)

2:00 pm

  • Jeremy Hunt MP (Former Sec of State for Health 2012-2018 and current Chancellor)

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

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10:00 am

  • Roger Hargreaves (Current Director of the COBR Unit)
  • Sir Chris Whitty (Current CMO since 2019)

2:00 pm

  • Sir Patrick Vallance (Former CSA April 2018 to March 2023)
  • Dr. Jim McMenamin (Former Interim Clinical Director and strategic lead for the Respiratory Viral team within Health Protection Scotland and now Head of Infections Service at Public Health Scotland)

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

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10:30 am

  • Emma Reed (Director of Emergency Preparedness and Health Protection at DHSC)
  • Rosemary Gallagher MBE (Professional Lead Infection Prevention and Control at Royal College of Nursing)

2:00 pm

  • Dame Jenny Harries (Chief Executive of UKHSA and former Deputy Chief Medical Officer 2019-2021)

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

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10:00 am

  • Matt Hancock MP (Former Minister for Health 2018-2021)

2:00 pm

  • Duncan Selbie attending remotely (Former Chief Executive of Public Health England 2013-2020)

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10:00 am

  • Gillian Russell (Director for Safer Communities in Scottish Gov 2015-2020 and current Director of Health Workforce)
  • Caroline Lamb (Chief Executive of NHS Scotland and Director-General Health and Social Care)

2:00 pm

  • Jeanne Freeman attending remotely (Former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport – Scottish Gov 2018-2021)

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

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10:00 am

  • Sir Jeremy Farrar attending remotely (Former Director of the Wellcome Trust 2013-2023 and current CSA for WHO)
  • Nicola Sturgeon (Former First Minister of Scotland 2014-2023 and former Deputy First Minister of Scotland 2007-2014)

2:00 pm

  • John Swinney (Former Deputy First Minister of Scotland 2014-2023)
  • Catherine Frances (Director General for Local Government, Resilience and Communities in DLUHC)

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

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2:00 pm

  • Sir Frank Atherton (Current Chief Medical Officer for Wales since 2014)
  • Dr. Andrew Goodall (Current Permanent Secretary to Welsh Government and former Director General for Health and Social Services and Chief Executive of NHS Wales since 2014)

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10:00 am

  • Dr. Andrew Goodall (Current Permanent Secretary to Welsh Government and former Director General for Health and Social Services and Chief Executive of NHS Wales since 2014)
  • Dr. Quentin Sandifer (Consultant Adviser on Pandemic and International Health at Public Health Wales)
  • Vaughan Gething (Former Minister for Health and Social Services Welsh Government 2016-2021 and former deputy Deputy Minister for Health 2014-2016)

2:00 pm

  • Mark Drakeford (First Minister of Wales since 2018)

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

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10:00 am

  • Dr. Catherine Calderwood attending remotely (Former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland 2015-2020)
  • Prof. Jim McManus (President of the Association of Directors of Public Health)
  • Kevin Fenton (President of the UK Faculty of Public Health)

2:00 pm

  • Prof. Mark Woolhouse (Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh)

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

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10:00 am

  • Dr. Denis McMahon (Permanent Secretary of the Executive Office NI)
  • Reg Kilpatrick (Director of Local Government Department 2011-2020 and now Director General Covid Recovery and Local Government in Welsh Government)

2:00 pm

  • Robin Swann (Former Minister of Health NI between 2020-2022)

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10:30 am

  • Dr. Claas Kirchhelle (Expert)

2:00 pm

  •  Prof. Sir Michael McBride (Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland since 2006)

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10:00 am

  • Baroness Foster (Former First Minister of Northern Ireland 2020-2021)

2:00 pm

  • Richard Pengelly (Former Permanent Secretary for Department of Health, Northern Ireland 2014-2022)

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10:00 am

  • Michelle O’Neill (Former Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland between 2020-2022 and Former Minister of Health 2016-2017)

2:00 pm

  • Mark Lloyd (Chief Executive of LGA), Chris Llewellyn (Chief Executive of WLGA) & Alison Allen (Chief Executive of NILGA)
  • Aidan Dawson (Chief Executive of Public Health Agency Northern Ireland)

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10:00 am

  • Marcus Bell (Director of the Government Equality Hub)
  • Melanie Field (Chief Strategy and Policy Officer of the
    Equality and Human Rights Commission)
  • Nigel Edwards (Chief Executive of Nuffield Trust)
  • Dr. Richard Horton (Editor in Chief of the Lancet, a medical journal and author)

2:00 pm

  • Michael Gove (Former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2019-2021 and DEFRA Secretary of State 2017-2019)

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

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10:30 am

  • Kate Bell (Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress)
  • Gerry Murphy (Assistant General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade
    Unions)

2:00 pm

  • Prof. Philip Banfield (Chair of the British Medical Association’s UK council)
  • Dr. Jennifer Dixon (Chief Executive of Health Foundation)
  • Michael Adamson (Chief Executive of British Red Cross)

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10:00 am

  • Matt Fowler (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice)
  • Jane Morrison attending remotely (Scottish Covid Bereaved)
  • Anna-Louise Marsh-Rees (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru)
  • Brenda Doherty (Northern Ireland Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice)

2:00 pm

  • Closing statements from Core Participants

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10:00 am

  • Closing statements from Core Participants

2:00 pm

  • Closing statements from Core Participants