Closing statements delivered in Module 3 of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on Healthcare
Public hearings in Module 3 of the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry completed on Thursday 28 November 2024, with closing statements delivered by core participants. The evidence spanned 10 weeks of public hearings.
A number of Doughty Street barristers are instructed for Core Participants in Module 3:
Rachel Woodward is instructed by Craig Court of Harding Evans Solicitors for Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru. Watch the closing statement here.
Oliver Lewis is instructed by Elkan Abrahamson, Nicola Brook and Clare Fletcher of Broudie Jackson Canter Solicitors for Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK. Watch the closing statement here.
Shanthi Sivakumaran is instructed by Jane Ryan of Bhatt Murphy Solicitors for Long Covid Groups. Watch the closing statement here.
Adam Wagner, Daniella Waddoup and Rosa Polaschek are instructed by Kim Harrison and Shane Smith of Slater and Gordon Lawyers for two core participants: (1) 13 Pregnancy, Parenting and Baby Organisations and (2) Clinically Vulnerable Families. Watch the closing statement for 13 Pregnancy, Parenting and Baby Organisations here and Clinically Vulnerable Families here.
Piers Marquis, Annabel Timan and Jessie Smith are instructed by Helen Mowatt of the Public Interest Law Centre for Frontline Migrant Health Workers Group. Watch the closing statement here.
Sam Jacobs and Ruby Peacock are instructed by Gerard Stilliard and Harry Thompson of Thompsons Solicitors for the Trades Union Congress. Watch the closing statement here.
Jamie Burton KC is instructed by Anne-Marie Irwin and Alex Rook of Rook Irwin Sweeney LLP for the Disability Charities Consortium. Watch the closing statement here.
Module 3 has considered the governmental and societal response to Covid-19 as well as dissecting the impact that the pandemic had on healthcare systems, patients and healthcare workers.
The module has received evidence from impact witnesses including bereaved family members, Long Covid sufferers, healthcare workers including outsourced and migrant workers, people with disabilities, clinically vulnerable people, and people who gave birth during the pandemic.
Barristers from Doughty Street Chambers have questioned politicians, healthcare service leaders and experts instructed by the Inquiry, including: Matt Hancock, Sir Sajid Javid, Vaughan Gething, Baroness Eluned Morgan, Jeane Freeman, Humza Yousaf, Robin Swann, Caroline Lamb, Sir Stephen Powis, Amanda Pritchard, Judith Paget, Sir Christopher Wormald, Professor Sir Chris Whitty, Professor Sir Frank Atherton, Professor Dame Jenny Harries, Professor Khaw, Professor Sir Michael McBride, Professor Habib Naqvi, Professor Chris Brightling and Professor Rachael Evans (the Long Covid experts), Professor Charlotte Summers and Dr Ganesh Suntharalingam (the Intensive Care experts), and Dr Ben Warne, Professor Dinah Gould and Dr Gee Shin (the Infection Prevention and Control experts).
