Module 3 opened on Tuesday 8 November 2022. It looked into the governmental and societal response to Covid-19 as well as dissecting the impact that the pandemic had on healthcare systems, patients and health care workers. This includes healthcare governance, primary care, NHS backlogs, the effects on healthcare provision by vaccination programmes as well as long covid diagnosis and support.
The public hearings for Module 3 ran for 10 weeks in London split by a two-week break.
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- Mon 9 Sep – Thur 10 Oct 2024
- Break: Mon 14 – Fri 25 Oct
- Mon 28 Oct – Thu 28 Nov
Upcoming or past hearing dates for this module can be viewed on the Inquiry’s hearings page.
The report for this module was published on 19 March 2026. It examines the the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the healthcare systems of the United Kingdom.
Module 3 Chair’s Statement
Today I publish the third Report of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
This Report concerns the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK’s healthcare systems. I can summarise that impact as: we coped, but only just.
The healthcare systems came close to collapse. Healthcare workers carried the burden of caring for the sick and dying in unprecedented numbers. It came at a huge cost to them, to their families, to their patients and to the loved ones of patients. It also came at a huge cost to the non-Covid patients who were not seen and treated. Collapse was only narrowly avoided thanks to the extraordinary efforts of all those working in healthcare across the UK.
Module 3 Animated Summary