The Covid Inquiry UK is divided into different investigations – or ‘Modules’ – which will examine different parts of the UK’s preparedness for and response to the pandemic and its impact.
Toddobaadka soo socda (Talaado 14ka Janaayo), Guddoomiyaha Weydiinta Covid-19 ee Boqortooyada Midowday ee UK, Baroness Hallett, ayaa furi doonta dhegaysiyada baaritaanka afraad ee Weydiinta (Module 4) ee lagu baarayo tallaallada, daaweynta iyo daaweynta ka hortagga fayraska ee UK oo dhan.
This is the first of six sets of public hearings scheduled during a busy year for the Inquiry. The packed 12 months conclude with Module 9 hearings, investigating the economic response to the pandemic, planned for November and December 2025.
The Chair will also be working on the Inquiry’s second report, focused on core UK decision-making and political governance, which she hopes will be published in autumn 2025.
This report will bring together the work of four modules which investigated core political and administrative governance and decision making across the whole of the UK, Modules 2, 2A, 2B and 2C. Hearings were held in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, beginning in October 2023 and finishing in May 2024. The report will analyse the evidence gathered in respect of all four nations and make recommendations for any future response to a pandemic.
The Chair is also working on the Module 3 report: ‘Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on healthcare systems in the four nations of the UK’. Throughout 2025, as the other modules’ hearings end, work will continue on those reports.
I am bound by my Terms of Reference to investigate how prepared the UK was for a pandemic, the most important decisions taken to respond to it and the different ways people and communities across the UK have been affected by it.
This year I will be hearing evidence in six of the Inquiry’s investigations: vaccines and therapeutics, procurement, the care sector, test and trace, children and young people and the economic response. I will hear the evidence in the final investigation, the impact on society, in early 2026.
I am determined to make recommendations in each investigation to ensure we are better prepared for the next pandemic and that we respond as effectively as possible, reducing the number of deaths and the suffering. I will publish the reports containing my findings and recommendations as soon as they are ready.
In autumn 2024, the Inquiry announced its final Module (the impact on society Module 10), with hearings due to take place in early 2026.
The Chair aims to conclude public hearings in 2026.
For each investigation the Inquiry will produce a report and set of recommendations, published as soon as they are ready, after evidence has concluded. The Inquiry’s first report, Module 1 ‘Resilience and preparedness’, was published in July 2024. Its third report. ‘Impact on healthcare systems in the 4 nations of the UK (Module 3)’ will be published in spring 2026.
In September 2024, the Inquiry published its first Every Story Matters record, with a second record to be published on Tuesday 14 January 2024 at the start of Module 4 hearings. The listening exercise has so far had over 53,000 submissions, with 20 towns and cities across the UK visited and more events planned for 2025.
Jadwalka dhageysiga ee la cusboonaysiiyay waa sida soo socota:
| Module | La furay… | Baarista… | Taariikhaha |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 Juun 2023 | Tallaalada, daawaynta iyo daawaynta ka hortagga fayraska ee UK oo dhan | Talaado 14 Janaayo - Jimco 31 Janaayo 2025 |
| 5 | 24ka Oktoobar 2023 | Soo iibsiga | Isniin 3 Maarso - Khamiis 27 Maarso 2025 |
| 7 | 19ka Maarso 2024 | Tijaabi, raadi oo ka sooc | Monday 12 May – Friday 30 May 2025 |
| 6 | 12 December 2023 | Qaybta daryeelka | Monday 30 June – Thursday 31 July 2025 |
| 8 | 21ka Meey 2024 | Carruurta iyo dhalinyarada | Monday 29 September – Thursday 23 October 2025 |
| 9 | 9 Luulyo 2024 | Jawaabta dhaqaalaha | Monday 24 November – Thursday 18 December 2025 |
| 10 | 17 Sebtembar 2024 | Saamaynta bulshada | Horaantii 2026 |