Committees

Management of the Coronavirus Outbreak

Inquiry

The inquiry is considering the management of the coronavirus epidemic by the Government and its agencies. MPs are looking at measures to safeguard public health, options for containing the virus and how well the NHS is dealing with the outbreak.

Preparations of community services, the likely impact on routine NHS services and risks to patients and staff are also being examined.

On the 22nd April 2020, the Committee launched a separate inquiry investigating the delivery of core NHS and care services during the pandemic and beyond.

 

Among witnesses who have given evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry are:

Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England (5th March 2020)

Sir Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Adviser (17th March 2020)

Sir Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England and Improvement (17th March 2020)

Professor Yvonne Doyle, Medical Director, Public Health England (26th March 2020)

James Bullion, Vice-President, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (26th March 2020)

Dame Donna Kinnair, Chief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing (17th April 2020)

Professor Anthony Costello, Professor of Global Health andSustainable Development, UCL (17th April 2020)

Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (17th April 2020)

 

Upcoming events

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Past events

Tuesday 21 July 2020
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
Management of the Coronavirus Outbreak - Oral evidence 21 July 2020
9:30am
  • Professor Sir John Bell (Regius Professor at University of Oxford)
  • Professor Sir Paul Nurse (Director at Francis Crick Institute)
  • Professor Devi Sridhar (Professor of Global Public Health at University of Edinburgh)
  • Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar (Director at Wellcome Trust)
10:30am
  • Dr Jenny Harries (Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England at Department for Health and Social Care)
  • Professor Chris Whitty (Chief Medical Adviser and Chief Scientific Adviser at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • Professor Jonathan Van-Tam (Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England at Department for Health and Social Care)
Virtual Meeting
Wednesday 3 June 2020
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Management of the Coronavirus Outbreak - Oral evidence 3 June 2020
2:30pm
  • Professor Christophe Fraser (Professor of Pathogen Dynamics at University of Oxford)
  • Chen Chien-jen (Former Vice President at Taiwan)
3:30pm
  • Professor Christophe Fraser (Professor of Pathogen Dynamics at University of Oxford)
  • Lord (Paul) Deighton (Advisor to the Secretary of State on PPE at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • Baroness (Dido) Harding (Executive Chair of NHS Test and Trace programme at Department of Health and Social Care)
Virtual meeting
Tuesday 19 May 2020
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
Management of the Coronavirus Outbreak - Oral evidence 19 May 2020
9:30am
  • Professor Terry Lum (Head of Social Work and Social Administration at Hong Kong University)
  • Isabell Halletz (CEO at Arbeitgeberverband Pflege (employers' association for care homes), Germany)
  • Adelina Comas-Herrera (Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at London School of Economics)
10:15am
  • Professor Martin Green (Chief Executive at Care England)
  • Vic Rayner (Executive Director at National Care Forum)
  • James Bullion (President at Association of Directors of Social Services)
Virtual meeting
Tuesday 5 May 2020
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
Management of the Coronavirus Outbreak - Oral evidence 5 May 2020
9:30am
  • Sir Patrick Vallance (Government Chief Scientific Adviser at Government Office for Science)
  • Dr Jenny Harries (Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England at Department for Health and Social Care)
Virtual meeting

Contact us

We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.

  • Email: hsccom@parliament.uk
  • Address: Health and Social Care Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA