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Transcript of Legal representatives of Core Participant’s Opening Statements, 13 September 2024

Date: 13 September 2024

NHS England Written Opening Statement

Date: 13 September 2024
  • Opening Statement

Written Opening Statement of the Care Quality Commission

Date: 13 September 2024
  • Opening Statement

Written Opening Statement of the Senior Management Team

Date: 13 September 2024
  • Opening Statement

Transcript of Legal representatives of Core Participant’s Opening Statements, 12 September 2024

Date: 12 September 2024

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) Opening Statement

Date: 12 September 2024
  • Opening Statement

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) Opening Statement

Date: 12 September 2024
  • Opening Statement

Nursing and Midwifery Council Opening Statement

Date: 12 September 2024
  • Opening Statement

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Opening Statement

Date: 12 September 2024
  • Opening Statement

Transcript of Counsel to the Inquiry’s Opening Statement, 11 September 2024

Date: 12 September 2024

Written Opening Statement of Family Group 2 and 3

Date: 12 September 2024
  • Opening Statement

Written Opening Statement of Family Group 1

Date: 12 September 2024
  • Opening Statement

Transcript of Counsel to the Inquiry’s Opening Statement, 10 September 2024

Date: 11 September 2024

INQ0012232 – Diagram titled Urgent Care Division – Operational Management Structure – Paediatrics, relating to Countess of Chester Hospital staff, dated 24/05/2017.

Date: 11 September 2024

INQ0002607 – Structure Chart from the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust titled Committee Structure, dated September 2015.

Date: 11 September 2024

Broadcast Permission Order

Date: 6 September 2024
  • Permission Order

Restriction Order Part B

This Restriction Order is made pursuant to sections 17, 18 and 19 of the Inquiries Act 2005 (“the Act”), in relation to witnesses who are being called to give oral evidence in Part B of the Inquiry.

Date: 5 September 2024
  • Restriction Order

List of Prohibited Items at Hearings

Date: 28 August 2024
  • Protocol

List of core participants

A list of organisations who have been designated as core participants in the Inquiry.

Date: 13 August 2024
  • Core Participant List

Restriction Order Part A

This Restriction Order is made pursuant to sections 17, 18 and 19 of the Inquiries Act 2005 (“the Act”), in relation to witnesses who are being called to give oral evidence in Part A of the Inquiry.

Date: 5 August 2024
  • Restriction Order

Media broadcast Protocol

This Protocol relates to the broadcast of clips of video footage of Inquiry proceedings (‘clips’).

Date: 2 August 2024
  • Protocol

Ruling on Media Broadcast Protocol

This ruling deals with paragraph 11 of a draft Media Broadcast Protocol.

Date: 2 August 2024
  • Rulings and Statements

Note on applications for special measures

This document contains a note provided to Core Participants on the provisional witness list and the process to apply for special measures.

Date: 6 June 2024
  • Note

Summary of Ruling on Livestreaming

A summary of the ruling made by the Chair of the Inquiry, Lady Justice Thirlwall, following oral and written submissions made by legal representatives of Core Participants, the Media and Counsel to the Inquiry about livestreaming.

Date: 29 May 2024
  • Rulings and Statements

Ruling on Livestreaming

A ruling by the Chair of the Inquiry, Lady Justice Thirlwall, following oral and written submissions made by legal representatives of Core Participants, the Media and Counsel to the Inquiry about livestreaming.

Date: 29 May 2024
  • Rulings and Statements

FY23/24 Financial Report for the Thirlwall Inquiry

This document details the expenditure for the financial year 2023/2024 for the Thirlwall Inquiry.

Date: 22 May 2024
  • Finance

Transcript of the Preliminary Hearing, 16 May 2024

Date: 16 May 2024

Review by the Thirlwall Inquiry Legal Team of the Implementation of Recommendations Made by Previous Inquiries into Healthcare Issues

Review of the implementation of recommendations made by previous inquiries into healthcare issues, produced by the Inquiry Legal Team in respect of the relevant inquiries and reviews which have been conducted in England and Wales over the last thirty years.

Date: 16 May 2024
  • Review

Table of issued R9s

A table of organisations that the Inquiry has sent rule 9 requests.

Date: 22 January 2024
  • Table

Transcript of the Chair’s opening statement

Date: 22 November 2023

Core participant application protocol

A core participant is a person, institution or organisation that has a specific interest in the work of the Inquiry, and has a formal role defined by legislation. This protocol explains the criteria and process for seeking designation as a core participant in the Inquiry.

Date: 22 November 2023
  • Protocol

Restriction order protocol

This protocol sets out the process for applying for a restriction order, preventing disclosure or publication of information.

Date: 22 November 2023
  • Protocol

Appropriate policy document

This document explains the bases upon which the Inquiry processes special category data and criminal offence data, as defined by the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, and the safeguards which are in pace for such processing.

Date: 22 November 2023
  • Protocol

Redaction protocol

This protocol explains the approach the Inquiry will take to the redaction of documents.

Date: 22 November 2023
  • Protocol

Document protocol

This protocol explains the Inquiry’s procedures for the provision of documents and how it treats such documents.

Date: 22 November 2023
  • Protocol

Costs protocol with Section 40 determination

This protocol explains how to make an application for an award of funding legal expenses, and the approach to the assessment of amounts payable under an award.

Date: 22 November 2023
  • Protocol

Vulnerable witness protocol

This protocol explains the Inquiry’s approach to witnesses who may require support or assistance to provide evidence, including where there is a need for a witness’ evidence to be taken in a manner which reduces the risk of harm to them.

Date: 22 November 2023
  • Protocol

Terms of Reference

These set out the scope of the Inquiry and the specific matters it will be considering.

Date: 19 October 2023
  • Terms of Reference