Week 1
15 January 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 15 January | Tuesday 16 January | Wednesday 17 January | Thursday 18 January | Friday 19 January |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Non-sitting day | Opening Statements Impact Video Counsel to the Inquiry |
Jane Morrison (Scottish Covid Bereaved) Roz Foyer (General Secretary of Scottish Trade Union Congress) Dr. Jim Elder-Woodward OBE (Convenor: Inclusion Scotland) Roger Halliday (Former Chief Statistician and Joint Head of Covid Modelling and Analysis Team for the Scottish Government) and Scott Heald (Director for Data & Digital Innovation at Public Health Scotland) |
Prof. Paul Cairney (Expert) Dr. Donald Macaskill (Chief Executive of Scottish Care) |
Lesley Fraser (Director-General Corporate of Scottish Government) Ken Thomson CB (former Director-General for Strategy & External Affairs in the Scottish Government) |
| Afternoon | Non-sitting day | Opening Statements Core Participants |
Roger Halliday (Former Chief Statistician and Joint Head of Covid Modelling and Analysis Team for the Scottish Government) and Scott Heald (Director for Data & Digital Innovation at Public Health Scotland) continued Dr. Audrey MacDougall (Chief Social Researcher and Former Joint Head of Covid Modelling and Analysis Team for the Scottish Government) |
Dr. Donald Macaskill (Chief Executive of Scottish Care) continued Nicola Dickie (Director of People Policy of COSLA) |
Dr. Jim McMenamin (Head of Infections Service, Strategic Incident Director at Public Health Scotland) and Prof. Nick Phin (Current Director of Public Health Science for Public Health Scotland, previously Deputy Director at Public Health England’s National Infections Service) |
Week 2
22 January 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 22 January | Tuesday 23 January | Wednesday 24 January | Thursday 25 January | Friday 26 January |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Civil service / Advisory Evidence Caroline Lamb (Chief Executive of NHS Scotland and Director-General Health and Social Care) Prof. Sir Gregor Smith (Chief Medical Officer for Scotland) |
Civil service / Advisory Evidence Prof. Jason Leitch, CBE (National Clinical Director for the Scottish Government) Prof. Devi Sridhar (Professor and Chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh) |
Independent Advisory Evidence Prof. Mark Woolhouse OBE (Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh) Prof. Stephen Reicher (Professor of Psychology, University of St Andrews) |
Elizabeth Lloyd (Former Chief of Staff to Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon MSP) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Prof. Sir Gregor Smith (Chief Medical Officer for Scotland) continued Prof. Sheila Rowan MBE CBE (Former Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland) |
Independent Advisory Evidence Prof. Andrew Morris CBE (Professor of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh) |
Dr. Pablo Grez (University of Strathclyde) Prof. Susan McVie (Professor of Quantitative Criminology at University of Edinburgh) |
Humza Yousaf MSP (First Minister for Scotland) | Non-sitting day |
Week 3
29 January 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 29 January | Tuesday 30 January | Wednesday 31 January | Thursday 1 February | Friday 2 February |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Ministerial Evidence Michael Gove (Former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and current Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) |
Ministerial Evidence Kate Forbes (Former Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Economy – Scottish Minister) John Swinney (Former Deputy First Minister for Scotland) |
Ministerial Evidence Nicola Sturgeon (Former First Minister for Scotland) |
Alister Jack MP (Secretary of State for Scotland) Closing Statements Core Participants |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Jeane Freeman (Former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport) | John Swinney (Former Deputy First Minister for Scotland) continued | Nicola Sturgeon (Former First Minister for Scotland) continued | Closing Statements Core Participants |
Non-sitting day |