Week 1
16 February 2026
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 16 February | Tuesday 17 February | Wednesday 18 February | Thursday 19 February | Friday 20 February |
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| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Chair Introductory RemarksImpact film Counsel to the Inquiry Opening Submissions |
Counsel to the Inquiry Opening Submissions (Continued)
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Prof. David Osborn (Expert in the impact on mental health services for people with severe mental illness) Prof. Clare Bambra (Expert in the impact of health inequalities) and Prof. Sir Michael Marmot (Expert in the impact of health inequalities) |
Dr Sarah Hughes (on behalf of Mind) Prof. Sarah Stewart-Brown (on behalf of Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Counsel to the Inquiry Opening Submissions (Continued) | Core Participant Opening Submissions (Continued) | Prof. Clare Herrick (Professor of Geography and Global Health) and Prof. Azeem Majeed (Professor of Primary Care and Public Health) Prof. Jayati Das-Munshi (Expert in the impact on people living with severe mental conditions) |
Prof. Tom Shakespeare (Expert in the impact on disabled people and those who are clinically vulnerable) and Prof. Nick Watson (Expert in the impact on disabled people and those who are clinically vulnerable) | Non-sitting day |
Week 2
23 February 2026
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 23 February | Tuesday 24 February | Wednesday 25 February | Thursday 26 February | Friday 27 February |
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| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Dr Clare Wenham (Expert in the impact on gender inequalities) Gisela Valle (on behalf of the DA Group) |
Dr Pauline Nolan (on behalf of the Disabled People’s Organisation) Lara Wong (on behalf of Clinically Vulnerable Families) |
Tim Gutteridge (on behalf of Shelter), Nicola Mccrudden (on behalf of the Homeless Connect) and Ruth Power (on behalf of Shelter Cymru) attending remotely Peter Matejic (on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation) |
Andrew Neilson (on behalf of the Howard League) and Pia Sinha (on behalf of the Prison Reform Trust) Chris Minnoch (on behalf of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Prof. James Nazroo (Expert in the impact on later life inequalities and the impact on racial inequalities) and Prof. Laia Bécares (Expert in the impact on racial inequalities and the impact on inequalities experienced by LGBTQ+ groups) |
Daniel Singleton (on behalf of FaithAction) Francesca Humi (on behalf of the Migrants’ Rights Consortium) |
Mark Norris (on behalf of the Local Government Association), Chris Llewelyn (on behalf of the Welsh Local Government Association), Alison Allen (on behalf of the Northern Ireland Local Government Association) and Nicola Dickie (on behalf of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) attending remotely |
Charlie Taylor (on behalf of His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons) Helen Milner (on behalf of the Good Things Foundation) |
Non-sitting day |
Week 3
2 March 2026
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 2 March | Tuesday 3 March | Wednesday 4 March | Thursday 5 March | Friday 6 March |
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| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Dan Shears (on behalf of the Trades Union Congress), Mike Short (on behalf of the Trades Union Congress), Joanne Thomas (on behalf of the Trades Union Congress) and John Leach (on behalf of the Trades Union Congress) |
Sam Smith-Higgins (on behalf of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru) Julie Thomas (on behalf of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru) Therasa O’Hanlon (on behalf of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru) |
Margaret Waterton (on behalf of the Scottish Covid Bereaved) Sharon Boswell (on behalf of the the Scottish Covid Bereaved) Heather Stewart (on behalf of the the Scottish Covid Bereaved) |
Core Participants Closing Statements |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Dr Sam Royston (on behalf of the UK Commission on Bereavement) Andrew Langford (on behalf of Cruse) and Fiona Arnott-Barron (on behalf of Cruse Scotland) attending remotely |
Glen Grundle (on behalf of the Northern Ireland Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice) attending remotely Marie McArdle (on behalf of the Northern Ireland Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice) Julie McMurray (on behalf of the Northern Ireland Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice) |
Rabinder Sherwood (on behalf of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice) Rivka Gottlieb (on behalf of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice) Katherine Poole (on behalf of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice) attending remotely |
Core Participants Closing Statements (continued) |
Non-sitting day |