This week the Inquiry heard from witnesses including the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, former secretary of state for health and social care, Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, now secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities, and Professor Dame Jenny Harries, former deputy chief medical officer and now chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

This briefing summarises the proceedings most relevant to NHS trusts and is the seventh in the series of weekly briefings on the Inquiry’s public hearings on module 2.