Week 1
13 January 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 13 January | Tuesday 14 January | Wednesday 15 January | Thursday 16 January | Friday 17 January |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Non-sitting day | Impact film
Counsel to the Inquiry Opening Submissions |
Core Participant Opening Submissions Helena Rossiter (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK) Melanie Newdick (Scottish Covid Bereaved) Fiona Clarke (NI Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice) Anna Miller (Migrant Primary Care Access Group) |
Dr Salman Waqar (Federation of Ethnic Minority Healthcare Organisations) Yvonne MacNamara (The Traveller Movement) Lara Wong (Clinically Vulnerable Families) The Rt Hon Matt Hancock (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, UK) |
The Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma (Former Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) Clara Swinson (Former DG for Global Health and Health Protection, DHSC) |
| Afternoon | Non-sitting day | Core Participant Opening Submissions | Sam Smith-Higgins attending remotely (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru) Ruth O’Rafferty (Scottish Vaccine Injury Group) Kate Scott (Vaccine Injured and Bereaved UK) Kamran Mallick (Disabled People’s Organisations) |
The Rt Hon Matt Hancock (Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, UK (continued) Professor Heidi Larson (Expert, vaccine hesitancy) |
Clara Swinson (Former DG for Global Health and Health Protection, DHSC (continued) Catherine Little (Former Second Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury) |
Week 2
20 January 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 20 January | Tuesday 21 January | Wednesday 22 January | Thursday 23 January | Friday 24 January |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Alexandra Jones (Director General of Science, Innovation and Growth, DSIT) Professor Sir Chris Whitty (Chief Medical Officer, OCMO) |
Dame Kate Bingham (former Chair of the Vaccine Taskforce) Dr Mary Ramsay (Director of Public Health Programmes, UKHSA) |
Professor Dani Prieto-Alhambra and Professor Stephen Evans (Experts in vaccine safety) | Sir Sajid Javid (former Secretary of State Health and Social Care) Professor Wei Shen Lim (Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, Covid-19 Chair) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Professor Sir Chris Whitty (Chief Medical Officer, OCMO) (continued) Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam (former Deputy Chief Medical Officer, OCMO) Professor Dame Jenny Harries (Chief Executive, UKHSA) |
Dr Mary Ramsay (Director of Public Health Programmes, UKHSA) (continued) Susannah Storey (Permanent Secretary, DCMS) Charlet Crichton (UKCV Family) |
Professor Dani Prieto-Alhambra and Professor Stephen Evans (Experts in vaccine safety) (continued) Dame June Raine (Chief Executive, MHRA) |
Ben Osborn (President International Commercial Office, Pfizer) Dr Justin Green (Global Product Lead, AstraZeneca) |
Non-sitting day |
Week 3
27 January 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 27 January | Tuesday 28 January | Wednesday 29 January | Thursday 30 January | Friday 31 January |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am |
| Morning | Darius Hughes (General Manager, Moderna Biotech UK) Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch (former Minister of Equalities) |
Derek Grieve (Senior Responsible Officer for the Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, Directorate for Health and Social Care of the Scottish Government) Professor Dr Gillian Richardson (Senior Responsible Officer for Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, Welsh Government) Dr Naresh Chada (Senior Responsible Officer for Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, Northern Ireland DCMO) |
Sarah Moore (Partner, Leigh Day solicitors, VDPS) Lord James Bethell (former Minister for Technology and Life Sciences) Eddie Gray (former Chair of the Antivirals Taskforce, DHSC) |
Professor Nicholas White (Expert, Therapeutics) Helen Knight (Director of Medicines Evaluation, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) |
Closing Statements Core Participants |
| Afternoon | Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi (former Minister for Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment) Dame Emily Lawson (Senior Responsible Officer for the Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, NHS England) |
Dr Naresh Chada (Senior Responsible Officer for Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, Northern Ireland DCMO) (continued) Dr Tracey Chantler and Dr Ben Kasstan-Dabush (Experts, vaccine delivery and disparities in coverage) |
Eddie Gray (former Chair of the Antivirals Taskforce, DHSC) (continued) Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed (Chair, Commission on Human Medicines) |
Dr Clive Dix ( former Chair of the Vaccine Taskforce) Closing Statements Core Participants |
Closing Statements Core Participants |