UK Covid Inquiry Live stream

UK Covid Inquiry Live stream – a new phase

UK Covid Inquiry Live Stream

Warning: Occasional strong language may form part of evidence

Roger Pezzani of Mind presenting evidence to the inquiry.

Neasa Murnachan KC delivered evidence on Northern Ireland.

Jacqueline Carey KC, counsel to the Covid inquiry, starts the afternoon’s proceedings by saying it could be distressing and that people can leave the room if they wish.

She explains the use of CPR on Covid patients during the pandemic, an emergency procedure that aims to restart a person’s heart. It’s an invasive and dramatic medical intervention, she says.

It was followed by Aswini Weereratne KC speaking on behalf of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru.

A new phase of the inquiry, examining the impact on patients, healthcare workers and the wider NHS, began this morning.

Today’s hearings started with a 20-minute long “impact” video, which the inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett said will “remind everyone why we are here”

In the video, poet and broadcaster Michael Rosen discussed his experience in intensive care during the pandemic.

Counsel to the inquiry Jacqueline Carey KC said some 225,000 pages of evidence were disclosed to the inquiry, making it difficult to reflect every story from the pandemic

Health workers tell the UK’s Covid-19 inquiry there was a lack of support at the start of the pandemic.