What is the UK Covid-19 Inquiry?

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has been set up to examine the UK’s response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and learn lessons for the future. The Inquiry’s work is guided by its Terms of Reference.


Every Story Matters: Test, Trace and Isolate

The Inquiry has published the next record of what it has heard through Every Story Matters. This record focuses on people’s experiences of the Test, Trace and Isolate system during the pandemic.

Read the record

Hearings

Care Sector (Module 6) – Public Hearings

  • Date: 30 June 2025
  • Starts: 10:30 am
  • Module: Care sector (Module 6)
  • Type: Public

This broadcast is scheduled. You will be able to stream it below or on our YouTube channel (opens in new tab) from 10:30 am on 30 June 2025.

This broadcast will be available soon.


Every Story Matters

Thank you to everyone who has shared their story through Every Story Matters

This was the largest listening exercise ever undertaken by a UK public Inquiry. Tens of thousands of people shared their experience of the pandemic and the impact it had on them and the people around them.

On 23 May 2025, Every Story Matters closed but these stories will continue to play a crucial role in the Inquiry’s investigations. They will become part of the public record, and help Baroness Heather Hallett, the Inquiry Chair, make recommendations for the future.

Every Story Matters Records

News

Updates from the Inquiry

Module 10 Roundtable for Key Workers

Module 10 ‘Impact on society’ update: roundtable sessions conclude, date set for public hearings

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has concluded its series of roundtables as part of its tenth and final investigation – Module 10 ‘Impact on Society’. 

  • Date: 19 June 2025

Final preliminary hearing next week for Children and Young People (Module 8)

Next week will see the Inquiry hold its final preliminary hearing for its eighth investigation, ‘Children and Young People’. 

  • Date: 5 June 2025
Every Story Matters logo

“My father dies. I’m alone, ill and unable to see anyone.” Latest Every Story Matters record reveals public’s experiences of test, trace and isolate systems, plus final call for people’s stories

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has today (Monday 12 May 2025) published its latest Every Story Matters record. It brings together the UK public’s first-hand, and often challenging, experiences of the four nations’ differing test, trace and isolate systems implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

  • Date: 12 May 2025

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Documents

Our document library holds all publications, evidence, reports and records related to investigations and the running of the Inquiry.

Structure of the Inquiry

Information about the topics of investigations (modules) that will be explored to deliver on the aims of the Inquiry.

Terms of Reference

The Inquiry has now received its final Terms of Reference, which set out the topics of the Inquiry’s investigations into the UK’s pandemic response.