The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has initiated its sixth investigation: the Care Sector across the UK (Module 6). Public hearings are scheduled for Spring 2025.

Module 6 will investigate the impact of the pandemic on the publicly and privately funded adult social care sector in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It will consider the consequences of government decision-making, including restrictions imposed, on those living and working within the care sector, as well as decisions concerning capacity in hospitals and residents in adult care and residential homes.

Additionally, it will address the measures taken in adult care and residential homes to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and examine the capacity of the adult care sector to respond to the pandemic. More details are available in the provisional scope for Module 6, which is published on the Inquiry website.

Core Participants can access evidence relevant to this investigation, make opening and closing statements at Inquiry hearings, and suggest lines of questioning.

The Inquiry plans to hold preliminary hearings for Module 6 in early 2024. The hearings will take place at the Inquiry’s Hearing Centre, Dorland House, London. All hearings are open to the public.