Today marks the start of the public hearings in Module 3 of the Covid-19 Public Inquiry which is examining the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on healthcare systems in the four nations of the United Kingdom.
Module 3 is set to examine the governmental and societal response to Covid-19 as well as dissecting the impact that the pandemic had on healthcare systems, patients and health care workers. This will include healthcare governance, primary care, NHS backlogs, the effects on healthcare provision by vaccination programmes as well as long covid diagnosis and support.
Fallon Alexis is instructed by Cyrilia Knight, Partner and Head of Public Inquiries at Saunders Law and is being led by Stephen Simblet KC.
They are representing the Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance (‘CATA”). CATA seeks to ensure policy makers, employers and professionals make decisions and form policy and guidance based on the well-established science regarding airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2. CATA represents over 65,000 healthcare professionals across doctors, nurses, paramedics, and therapists and is supported by a number of individual multidisciplinary experts in fields of heath and safety, epidemiology and infection prevent and control.
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