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.
Some of this week’s hearings were postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. The Inquiry is currently considering how this will affect the witnesses who were not able to give evidence as scheduled and the hearing timetable for the remaining weeks of the hearing.
| 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 OBE (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) Professor Kathryn Rowan OBE (Founder and Former Director of Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre) |
Professor Charlotte Summers and Dr Ganesh Suntharalingam OBE (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 |
Week 5
7 October 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 7 October | Tuesday 8 October | Wednesday 9 October | Thursday 10 October | Friday 11 October |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Tamsin Mullen (13 Pregnancy, Baby and Parent Organisations – Impact evidence) Jenny Ward (Chair of the Pregnancy and Baby Charities Network, Chief Executive of the Lullaby Trust, 13 Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting Organisations) |
Professor J S Bamrah CBE (Senior NHS consultant psychiatrist, Federation of Ethnic Minority Healthcare Organisations) Dr Catherine Finnis (Volunteer Deputy Leader at Clinically Vulnerable Families) |
M3/W1 (Member of Frontline Migrant Health Workers Group – Impact evidence) Professor Charlotte Summers and Dr Ganesh Suntharalingam OBE (Experts in Intensive Care) |
Professor Jonathan Wyllie (Former President of Resuscitation Council UK) Alex Marshall (President of the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain, Frontline Migrant Healthcare Workers Group) Matt Stringer (Disabilities Charities Consortium, Chief Executive Officer of the Royal National Institute of Blind People) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Gill Walton CBE (Chief Executive of the Royal College of Midwives) | Dr Catherine Finnis (Volunteer Deputy Leader at Clinically Vulnerable Families) (continued) Dr Daniele Bryden (Dean of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists) |
Professor Charlotte Summers and Dr Ganesh Suntharalingam OBE (Experts in Intensive Care) (continued) Dr Stephen Mathieu (President, Intensive Care Society) |
Professor Habib Naqvi MBE (Chief Executive of the NHS Race and Health Observatory) Johnathan Rees (Pharmacist, National Pharmacy Association – Impact evidence) |
Non-sitting day |
Week 6
28 October 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 28 October | Tuesday 29 October | Wednesday 30 October | Thursday 31 October | Friday 1 November |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Impact video Dr Sarah Powell (Clinical Psychologist – Impact evidence, Disability Charities Consortium) Caroline Abrahams CBE (Charity Director, Age UK) Jackie O’Sullivan (Former acting Chief Executive Officer (current Executive Director of Strategy and Influence), the Royal Mencap Society) |
Julia Jones (Co-founder of John’s Campaign) Nicola Ritchie attending remotely (Mental Health Physiotherapist, Member of Long Covid Physio – Impact evidence, Long Covid Groups) |
Lesley Moore attending remotely (Clinically Vulnerable Families – Impact evidence) Natalie Rogers (Founding trustee of Long Covid Support, Long Covid Groups) Dr Paul Chrisp (Former Director for the Centre for Guidelines and former Programme Director of Medicines and Technologies Programme and Deputy Director of Health and Social Care, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)) |
Professor Aneel Bhangu (Expert in Colorectal Cancer) Professor Andrew Metcalfe and Dr Chloe Scott (Experts in Hip Replacement) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Professor Philip Banfield (Chair of the British Medical Association UK council) | Professor Chris Brightling and Professor Rachael Evans (Experts in Long Covid) |
Professor Helen Snooks (Expert in Emergency Prehospital Care and Shielding) |
Julie Pashley (Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services – Impact evidence, MIND) Dr Guy Northover (Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist) |
Non-sitting day |
Week 7
4 November 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 4 November | Tuesday 5 November | Wednesday 6 November | Thursday 7 November | Friday 8 November |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Patricia Temple (Band 5 Staff Nurse – Impact Evidence, Royal College of Nursing) Rosemary Gallagher MBE (Professional Lead for Infection Prevention and Control (“IPC”) and Nursing Sustainability Lead at the Royal College of Nursing) |
Professor Fu-Meng Khaw (National Director of Health Protection and Screening Services and Executive Medical Director of Public Health Wales) Aidan Dawson (Chief Executive of the Public Health Agency Northern Ireland) |
Dr Nick Phin (Director of Public Health Science and Medical Director, Public Health Scotland) Professor Dame Jenny Harries (Chief Executive of UK Health Security Agency and former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England) |
Professor Simon Ball (Former Chief Medical Officer for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, including Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham) | Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Rosemary Gallagher MBE (Professional Lead for Infection Prevention and Control (“IPC”) and Nursing Sustainability Lead at the Royal College of Nursing) (continued) Nick Kaye (Chair of the National Pharmacy Association) |
Aidan Dawson (Chief Executive of the Public Health Agency Northern Ireland) (continued) Laura Imrie (Clinical Lead for NHS Scotland Assure and Antimicrobial Resistance & Healthcare Associated Infection (“ARHAI”) |
Professor Dame Jenny Harries (Chief Executive of UK Health Security Agency and former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England) (continued) |
Professor Sir Stephen Powis (National Medical Director, NHS England) |
Non-sitting day |
Week 8
11 November 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 11 November | Tuesday 12 November | Wednesday 13 November | Thursday 14 November | Friday 15 November |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Professor Sir Stephen Powis (National Medical Director, NHS England) (continued) Amanda Pritchard (Chief Executive Officer of NHS England) |
Sir Chris Wormald KCB (Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care) | Dr Andrew Goodall CBE attending remotely (Director General of Health and Social Services and Chief Executive Officer, NHS Wales) (continued) Judith Paget (Chief Executive Officer of NHS Wales) |
Professor Colin McKay (Deputy Medical Director, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde) Caroline Lamb (Chief Executive of NHS Scotland and Director General Health and Social Care) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Amanda Pritchard (Chief Executive Officer of NHS England) (continued) |
Sir Chris Wormald KCB (Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care) (continued) Dr Philip Kloer (Chief Executive Officer of Hywel Dda University Health Board, including Glangwili General Hospital) Dr Andrew Goodall CBE attending remotely (Director General of Health and Social Services and Chief Executive Officer, NHS Wales) |
Judith Paget (Chief Executive Officer of NHS Wales) (continued) |
Caroline Lamb (Chief Executive of NHS Scotland and Director General Health and Social Care) (continued) | Non-sitting day |
Week 9
18 November 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 18 November | Tuesday 19 November | Wednesday 20 November | Thursday 21 November | Friday 22 November |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am |
| Morning | Robin Swann MP (Former Minister of Health, Northern Ireland) | Jeane Freeman OBE (Former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Scotland) | Vaughan Gething MS attending remotely (Former Minister for Health and Social Services, Wales) | Matt Hancock (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, UK) | Matt Hancock (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, UK) (continued) |
| Afternoon | Robin Swann MP (Former Minister of Health, Northern Ireland) (continued) |
Humza Yousaf MSP attending remotely (Former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Scotland)
|
Baroness Eluned Morgan MS (First Minister of Wales; former Minister for Health and Social Services) |
Matt Hancock (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, UK) (continued) | Non-sitting |
Week 10
25 November 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 25 November | Tuesday 26 November | Wednesday 27 November | Thursday 28 November | Friday 29 November |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 12:00 pm | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Non-sitting day (AM) Commencing at 12pm and to continue after luncheon adjournment |
Anna-Louise Marsh-Rees (Co-Leader, Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru) Margaret Waterton (Member of Scottish Covid Bereaved) Dr Saleyha Ahsan (Member and Health Care Worker Sub Group Leader at Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK) |
Closing Statements Core Participants |
Closing Statements Core Participants |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Sir Sajid Javid (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, UK) |
Martina Ferguson (Group Lead for Northern Ireland Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice) Closing Statements Core Participants |
Closing Statements Core Participants |
Non-sitting day (PM) | Non-sitting day |