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#LetsBeHeard
, the Inquiry’s listening project, has launched its next stage, Focused Engagement. This phase will help broaden the Inquiry’s understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on communities across Scotland.
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We've launched our listening project, Let’s Be Heard, and we're inviting the public to share their experiences of the pandemic and any lessons they believe should be learned so we are better prepared in future. Find out more here:
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Day 6 of our Health and Social Care Impact Hearings begins today at 10 am.
We will hear evidence from Scottish Women's Rights Organisations and Long Covid Kids (
@LCKScotland
).
Watch the broadcast online via the Inquiry's website and YouTube channel:
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The short film produced by the Inquiry intended as formal and lasting recognition of the suffering caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to the people of Scotland is available to watch via our Youtube channel:
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We have signed a memorandum of understanding with
@covidinquiryuk
detailing how we seek to minimise duplication of investigation, evidence gathering and reporting. Learn more:
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The Inquiry's preliminary hearing, which will explain how the Inquiry will go about its work and will lead to the first set of impact hearings, is set to begin at 10am.
Watch the livestream on the Inquiry website or via the Inquiry's Youtube channel:
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This week marks the opening of the Inquiry’s Health and Social Care Impact Hearings.
We will hear from individuals and groups adversely impacted by the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.
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Everyone's experience of the pandemic is valuable to the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry. Everyone has an experience to share, and we want to hear from you.
Share your pandemic experiences with us by 20 December 2023 and make your voice heard.
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#LetsBeHeard
is the main way in which people can engage with the Inquiry and make their voices heard.
The listening project's national engagement phase ends on 20 December – whatever your experience, we would like to hear from you:
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Let's Be Heard is the main way you can engage with the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry and make sure your voice is heard.
We know that people had different experiences during the pandemic. What matters is that it's your experience that we hear.
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Due to Lord Brailsford being unwell, Inquiry hearings scheduled for 28 and 29 November have been postponed.
The Inquiry recognises the inconvenience and distress caused and apologises to those affected.
Further updates will be posted in due course:
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Members of our
#LetsBeHeard
team will be in locations across the country this week to hear how people in Scotland were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the lessons they believe should be learned so Scotland is better prepared in future.
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Our
#LetsBeHeard
team will be visiting the Carers’ Parliament event in Edinburgh tomorrow with
@CarersScotland
to hear how the COVID-19 pandemic affected unpaid carers across Scotland.
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@IanDuddyUK
, Chief Executive to the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry, explains the differences between the two inquiries, how they work together and how they aim to provide a comprehensive picture of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry has paused its health and social care impact hearings to allow the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (
@covidinquiryuk
) to hold its Module 2A hearings in Scotland this month.
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The Inquiry has paused its health and social care impact hearings until February 2024, to allow the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (
@covidinquiryuk
) to begin its Module 2A hearings in Scotland this month.
Find out more on our website:
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Share your experience of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland with the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry. Let us know what lessons you feel should be learned and help inform the Inquiry’s reports:
Let's be heard 💬
We would like to hear about what is important to you by asking three questions about your experiences of the pandemic.
The information you share will help steer the Inquiry’s investigations and inform its reports. Visit our website to find out more:
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@LCKScotland
Today's session has started, we will now hear evidence from Dr Marsha Scott & Catherine Murphy from Scottish Women's Rights Organisation.
Watch online:
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The Inquiry will hold a preliminary hearing on Health and Social Care on Monday.
What is a preliminary hearing and why is it important? Find out more and watch it live on our website:
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Let's Be Heard is the main way in which people can contribute to the Inquiry and aims to give a voice to as many people across the country as possible.
Share your experiences:
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Let's Be Heard will analyse your experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland to guide our investigations and inform our reports, helping Scotland to be better prepared in future.
Find out more and share your experiences online:
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Day 2 of our Health and Social Care Impact Hearings begins today at 10am.
A detailed timetable of the session, as well as broadcast streams are available on the Inquiry's website:
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@LCKScotland
Today's session has adjourned for lunch.
We will return at 2 pm, when we will hear evidence from
@LCKScotland
.
Watch the broadcast via the Inquiry's website or YouTube channel:
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The national engagement period for
#LetsBeHeard
has ended, but the online submission platform will remain open into the new year.
If you haven’t already, there’s still time to share your experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland with the Inquiry:
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The Inquiry has published transcripts of the first two days of its Health and Social Care Impact Hearings.
These are available to view via our hearings hub, on the respective hearing's page:
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The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry’s preliminary hearing will be confined to one day.
Find out more on our website:
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The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry has confirmed the venue for its health and social care impact hearings, which will begin in October 2023.
Find out more information on our website:
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The Inquiry can confirm that the hearing scheduled for Thursday 30 November will go ahead as planned:
Due to Lord Brailsford being unwell, Inquiry hearings scheduled for 28 and 29 November have been postponed.
The Inquiry recognises the inconvenience and distress caused and apologises to those affected.
Further updates will be posted in due course:
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@GDA__online
Today's session has started. We first hear evidence from Tressa Burke of Glasgow Disability Alliance.
Watch the broadcast online:
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Applications to attend the Inquiry's preliminary hearing in Edinburgh at the end of August have now opened.
Find out how you can apply:
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Day 11 of the Inquiry's Health and Social Care Impact Hearings starts today at 10 am.
We will continue to hear evidence from members of Care Home Relatives Scotland (
@ChrScotland
).
Find out more information and watch the broadcasts online:
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Day 16 of our Health and Social Care Impact Hearings begins at 10 am.
Today we will hear evidence from members of Scottish Covid Bereaved.
More information and a broadcast stream is available on the Inquiry's website:
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Dr Ashley Croft’s epidemiology presentation, as commissioned by the Inquiry, is set to begin at 10am.
Watch the livestream here or via the Inquiry's Youtube channel:
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Today we have published several documents and updates, all of which are important to our investigations and upcoming impact hearings.
Find out more about these updates on our website, or see below for a breakdown:
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We have published a provisional timetable for the third and fourth weeks of our Health and Social Care Impact Hearings.
We are also now accepting Requests to Attend for these weeks. Instructions for applying are available on our website:
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The Inquiry's Health and Social Care Impact Hearings continue today at 10 am.
Today we will hear evidence from members of Care Home Relatives Scotland (
@ChrScotland
).
Find out more information and watch the broadcasts online:
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The first report from
#LetsBeHeard
, with preliminary findings from more than 4,000 responses received since May 2023, was published in November 2023.
Read it online and find out how to make your voice heard:
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The opening afternoon session of the Inquiry's Health and Social Care hearing is now beginning. We will now hear from the representative for Scottish Care (
@scottishcare
).
Watch the broadcast:
@PAMIS_Scotland
@theRCN
We are now breaking for lunch. The hearing will resume earlier than originally scheduled at 1:40pm.
You can watch the broadcast online via the afternoon stream on the Inquiry's website or YouTube channel:
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Day 9 of our Health and Social Care Impact Hearings begins today at 10 am.
We will continue to hear evidence from members of Care Home Relatives Scotland (
@ChrScotland
).
Find out more and watch the broadcast online:
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Members of our
#LetsBeHeard
team are attending locations in Shetland this week to hear how people in the Highlands and Islands were affected by COVID-19 and the lessons they believe should be learned so Scotland is better prepared in future.
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Unfortunately, the Inquiry has postponed this week’s hearing, originally planned for Tuesday 12 December, due to Lord Brailsford being taken ill.
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The period we are investigating ends this month, which means we will be moving into the next phase of the Inquiry in the new year. Find out more about what we will be investigating here:
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@LCKScotland
Today's afternoon session has now started.
We will hear evidence from Helen Goss of
@LCKScotland
.
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Our
#LetsBeHeard
team will be visiting the AK Bell Library in Perth tomorrow (24 November) from 10am-3pm to hear how the COVID-19 pandemic affected people across Perthshire.
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Day 5 of the Inquiry's Health and Social Care Impact Hearings begins today. We will hear evidence from The ALLIANCE (
@ALLIANCEScot
) and Glasgow Disability Alliance (
@GDA__online
).
You can watch the broadcast online from 10 am:
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The Inquiry has published transcriptions for days 8 and 9 of its Health and Social Care Impact Hearings. These are both available on the Inquiry's website.
Day 8:
Day 9:
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Day 18 of the Inquiry's Health and Social Care Impact Hearings begins today at 10 am. We will hear evidence from members of Scottish Covid Bereaved.
More information and broadcast streams are available on the Inquiry's website:
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@ChrScotland
This afternoon's session has now started.
We will now hear evidence from Sheila Hall of Care Home Relatives Scotland.
Watch the broadcast online:
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Members of our
#LetsBeHeard
team had a successful visit today at
@ourdynamicearth
for the Voluntary Health Scotland Conference (
@VHSComms
) to hear how COVID-19 affected people across Scotland.
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Our
#LetsBeHeard
team will be visiting the Care for Carers event in Edinburgh on Friday (17 November) to hear how the COVID-19 pandemic affected unpaid carers across Scotland.
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Today our Health and Social Care Impact Hearings continue. We will hear evidence from core participant groups, Scottish Covid Bereaved and Care Home Relatives Scotland (
@ChrScotland
).
The session begins at 10 am and you can watch the broadcast online:
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Yesterday we announced our core participants. Visit to find out more.
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What lessons do you think should be learned from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland?
Share your experiences to help us be better prepared in future 💬
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We've announced details of our first public event on 26 and 27 July - a ‘scene-setting’ presentation on the epidemiology of COVID-19. Please see for details.
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Lord Brailsford, Chair to the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry, met with Dr Anders Tegnell, former State Epidemiologist of Sweden, to help the Inquiry understand how other countries responded to the pandemic.
Read more about the meeting on our website:
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Lord Brailsford, Chair of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry, has appointed Stuart Gale KC as Co-lead Counsel, and announced the Junior Counsel. Read the full story here:
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Help inform the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's investigations and recommendations by sharing your pandemic experiences by 20 December.
We know that people had different experiences during the pandemic. What matters is that it's your experience that we hear.
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The Inquiry has published the transcript for day 5 of our Health and Social Care Impact Hearings:
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The deadline to apply for core participant status in our education and certification investigations is 11.59 pm tonight.
Find out how to apply and more on our website:
The Inquiry is accepting applications for core participant status from those with an interest in education and certification.
Applications can be submitted until 11.59pm on 21 December 2023.
Find out more on our website:
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The Inquiry has published the transcript for day 17 of its Health and Social Care Impact Hearings.
This, alongside previous transcripts, is available on the Inquiry's website:
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Our listening project, Let's Be Heard, is live 💬
We are inviting you to share your experiences of the pandemic and any lessons you believe should be learned about how it was handled.
#CovidInquiry
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Yesterday we launched our listening project, Let’s Be Heard to give everyone the opportunity to share their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland with us, to help us be better prepared in future 💬
We've launched our listening project, Let’s Be Heard, and we're inviting the public to share their experiences of the pandemic and any lessons they believe should be learned so we are better prepared in future. Find out more here:
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The opening session of our Health and Social Care Impact Hearings begins today at 10am.
All hearings will be broadcast on the Inquiry's website and YouTube channel:
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@ChrScotland
@LCKScotland
Share your experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland with the Inquiry through our Let's Be Heard platform.
Let us know what lessons you think should be learned so Scotland is better prepared in the future:
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The Inquiry is accepting applications for core participant status from those with an interest in education and certification.
Applications can be submitted until 11.59pm on 21 December 2023.
Find out more on our website:
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@ChrScotland
Today's session has now adjourned. We thank Care Home Relatives Scotland (
@ChrScotland
) and its members for their important contributions to the Inquiry's investigations.
We return on Tuesday 14 Nov. More details are available on the Inquiry's website:
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Past broadcasts of the Inquiry's Health and Social Care Impact Hearings are available to view on our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to be notified of all upcoming broadcasts:
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Let’s Be Heard, the Inquiry’s listening project, has published its first report with preliminary findings from the more than 4,000 responses received since the start of the project’s national engagement phase in May 2023.
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What lessons do you think should be learned from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland?
Share your experiences to help us be better prepared in future 💬
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It’s the final week to apply for core participant status and funding for our health and social care investigations.
The Inquiry is inviting applications from parties with an interest in health and social care.
The submission deadline is 11.59pm on Friday 14 April 🕛
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Our listening project, Let's Be Heard, is live 💬
We are inviting you to share your experiences of the pandemic and any lessons you believe should be learned about how it was handled.
#CovidInquiry
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@ChrScotland
Today's session has now started. Firstly, we will hear from Natasha Hamilton of Care Home Relatives Scotland.
Watch the broadcast via the Inquiry's website or YouTube channel:
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What lessons do you think should be learned from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland?
Share your experiences to help us be better prepared in future 💬
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Share your experience of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland with the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry.
Help inform the Inquiry’s reports by letting us know what lessons you feel should be learned:
Let's be heard 💬
We would like to hear about what is important to you by asking three questions about your experiences of the pandemic.
The information you share will help steer the Inquiry’s investigations and inform its reports. Visit our website to find out more:
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@ChrScotland
Today's session has now adjourned.
We thank Care Home Relatives Scotland and its members for their valuable contributions to the Inquiry's investigations.
We will return tomorrow at 10 am for day 12 of our Health and Social Care Impact Hearings:
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Day 21 of our Health and Social Care Impact Hearings begins today at 10.20 am.
More information and the broadcast is available via the Inquiry's website:
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Past broadcasts of the Inquiry's Health and Social Care Impact Hearings are available to view on our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to be notified of all upcoming broadcasts:
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Day 14 of the Inquiry's Health and Social Care Impact Hearings begins today at 10 am.
Today we will hear evidence from Glasgow Disability Alliance (
@GDA__online
).
More information and broadcast streams are available on the Inquiry's website:
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Help inform the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's investigations and recommendations by sharing your pandemic experiences.
Share your pandemic experiences with the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry by 20 December 2023 and make your voice heard.
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The Inquiry has published transcripts for days 3 and 4 of our Health and Social Care Impact Hearings.
These are available on our website:
Day 3 –
Day 4 –
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Day 12 of the Inquiry's Health and Social Care Impact Hearings starts today at 10 am.
We will continue to hear evidence from members of Care Home Relatives Scotland (
@ChrScotland
).
Find out more information and watch the broadcasts online:
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Sign up for updates to stay informed about the latest Inquiry news:
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The Inquiry has published transcripts for days 6 and 7 of our Health and Social Care Impact Hearings.
Day 6:
Day 7:
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@SalWitcher
Good morning Sally, while our national engagement period ends on 20 December, the online platform will remain open and we are happy to continue accepting submissions into next year. We will also be accepting written forms by post after this date.
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With thanks to
@ChrScotland
, Scottish Covid Bereaved,
@LCKScotland
, Bereaved Relatives Group (Skye) and Families of Children with Additional Support Needs for sharing photographs and everyone who shared their experiences with us through
#LetsBeHeard
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The Inquiry has published transcripts for days 12, 13 and 14 of its Health and Social Care Impact Hearings.
Day 12:
Day 13:
Day 14:
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Day 15 of the Inquiry's Health and Social Care Impact Hearings begins today at 10 am.
A Restriction Order has been placed relating to one of today's witnesses.
More information and broadcast streams are available on the Inquiry's website:
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@CarersScotland
Let's Be Heard is the main way in which people can contribute to the Inquiry and aims to give a voice to as many people across the country as possible.
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Read our latest quarterly newsletter to find out more about:
⚫ Our listening project – Let’s Be Heard;
⚫ Our collaboration with
@covidinquiryuk
to minimise the duplication of work and costs;
⚫ The ways in which you can get involved with our Inquiry.
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Let's Be Heard is the main way you can engage with the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry and make sure your voice is heard.
Share your pandemic experiences with the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry by 20 December 2023 and make your voice heard.
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Day 19 of our Health and Social Care Impact Hearings begins today at 10 am.
We will continue to hear evidence from members of Scottish Covid Bereaved.
More information and broadcast streams can be found on the Inquiry's website:
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@ChrScotland
We now hear from our final witness of the day, Catherine Russell of Care Home Relatives Scotland.
Watch the broadcast online:
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@ChrScotland
Today's session has adjourned for lunch. We will resume for the afternoon session after a short break.
Watch the broadcast via the Inquiry's website:
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Lord Brailsford appointed Counsel to the Inquiry in November 2022. They will advise on the course of the Inquiry’s investigations; analyse documentary and other evidence; question witnesses at hearings; and assist in the drafting of Inquiry reports.
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Sign up for updates to stay informed about the latest Inquiry news:
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@ChrScotland
We have now adjourned for lunch. Today's session will resume at 2 pm – you can watch the broadcast online via the Inquiry's website or YouTube channel:
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@ChrScotland
We will now hear evidence from Marian Reynolds of Care Home Relatives Scotland.
Watch the broadcast online:
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Timetables for the first two days, as well as broadcast streams are available on our website.
Day 1:
Day 2:
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