Next week will see the Inquiry hold its first preliminary hearing for its tenth and final investigation, ‘Impact on Society’.
The hearing will take place at the Inquiry’s Hearing Centre, Dorland House, London, W2 6BU (map) on Tuesday 18 February and begins 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.
The tenth investigation will examine the impact of Covid-19 on the population of the United Kingdom with a particular focus on key workers, the most vulnerable, the bereaved, mental health and wellbeing. The module will also seek to identify where societal strengths, resilience and or innovation reduced any adverse impact.
More details are included in the provisional scope for Module 10.
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 will 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.