During September 2023, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (the Inquiry) held preliminary hearings to look at the scope and procedures for the forthcoming public hearings for module 3 (which will examine the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on healthcare systems in the four nations of the UK) and module 4 (which will focus on vaccines and therapeutics).

In this briefing we set out the key issues discussed in these preliminary hearings.