Next week (Wednesday) will see the Inquiry hold its second preliminary hearing for its fifth investigation examining procurement and distribution of key equipment and supplies across the UK.
The hearing will take place at the Inquiry’s Hearing Centre, Dorland House, London, W2 6BU (map) on Wednesday 11 December and begin at 10:30am.
At preliminary hearings, the Inquiry Chair makes decisions about how investigations will run. The Inquiry does not hear evidence at these hearings. There will be submissions from the Counsel to the Inquiry and Core Participants to help prepare for the public hearings, where evidence is heard.
Module 5 will investigate the procurement and distribution across the United Kingdom of key healthcare related equipment and supplies, including PPE, ventilators and oxygen. It will also consider the UK-wide procurement of lateral flow tests and PCR tests.
More details are included in the provisional scope for Module 5 and public hearings for Module 5 will begin in March 2025. A full list of core participants for this module is available online.
The hearing is open to the public to attend – information on how to attend is published on our website.
You can watch the preliminary hearing on the Inquiry’s YouTube channel, subject to a three minute delay.
We aim to publish a transcript of the preliminary hearing on the same day it concludes. A recording of the hearing will be published on the Inquiry’s website at a later date. Alternative formats, including a Welsh language translation, are available on request.