Departmental and Additional Governance - Timetable and Transcripts

The table below outlines the date of hearing, the witnesses who appeared during that week and a link to access the Witness Statements and Daily Transcripts for that week.

For those witnesses that provided a statement to the Inquiry but did not give oral evidence their statements can be accessed here.

Week Witnesses called Link

28-Oct-2013 -

01-Nov2013

Opening Inquiry Statement

Opening DHSSPS Statement

Dr Paul Darragh

Dr Miriam McCarthy

Week One

04-Nov-2013 -

08-Nov2013

Mr John Hunter

Ms Judith Hill

Mr Alan Elliott

Dr N Morrow

Mr Clive Gowdy

Dr Henrietta Campbell

Mr Paul Simpson

Week Two

11-Nov-2013 -

15-Nov2013

Action against Medical Accident (AvMA)

Mr Peter Walsh

Patient and Client Council

Ms Maeve Hully

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Mr Colm Donaghy - Chief Executive

Dr Anthony Stevens - Medical Director

Ms Brenda Creaney - Director of Nursing

Dr Paul Jackson - Consultant Paediatrician (RBHSC)

Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

Dr Ian Carson - Chairman

Health and Social Care Board

Mr John Compton - Chief Executive

Dr Carolyn Harper - Director of Public Health

Mr Michael Bloomfield - Director of Performance and Corporate Services

Mrs Mary Hinds - Director of Nursing

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Mr Andrew McCormick - Permanent Secretary

Mr Michael McBride - Chief Medical Officer

Ms Charlotte McArdle - Chief Nursing Officer

Week Three

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Week One

Date Schedule of Witness and Written Statements Transcript
28 October 2013 No Sitting

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29 October 2013 No Sitting

-

30 October 2013

Opening by Senior Counsel to Inquiry (PDF 732KB)

Opening by Senior Counsel for DHSSPS (PDF 727KB)

Dr Paul Darragh

WS-076-1 - Inquiry Witness Statement (PDF 754KB)

WS-076-2 - Supplemental Witness Statement (PDF 2.5MB)

30-10-2013(PDF - 338KB)

31 October 2013

Dr Miriam McCarthy

WS-080-1 - Inquiry Witness Statement (PDF 1.8MB)

WS-080-2 - Supplemental Witness Statement (PDF 1.9MB)

31-10-2013(PDF 153 KB)

1 November 2013 No Sitting

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Week Two

Date Schedule of Witness and Written Statements Transcript
4 November 2013

Mr John Hunter

WS-349-1 - Inquiry Witness Statement (PDF 1.8MB)

Ms Judith Hill

WS-082-1 - Inquiry Witness Statement (PDF 876KB)

WS-082-2 - Supplemental Witness Statement (PDF 17.8MB)

04-11-2013(PDF 214 KB)

5 November 2013

Mr Alan Elliott

WS-348-1 - Inquiry Witness Statement (PDF 2.7MB)

Dr N Morrow

WS-079-1 - Inquiry Witness Statement (PDF 736KB)

WS-079-2 - Supplemental Witness Statement (PDF 3.8MB)

05-11-2013(PDF 165KB)

6 November 2013

Mr Clive Gowdy

WS-062-1 - Inquiry Witness Statement (PDF 61.4MB)

WS-062-2 - Supplemental Witness Statement (PDF 2.8MB)

06-11-2013 (PDF 315KB)

7 November 2013

Dr Henrietta Campbell

WS-075-1 - Inquiry Witness Statement (PDF 38.7MB)

WS-075-2 - Supplemental Witness Statement (PDF 2.2MB)

WS-075-1 - Supplemental Witness Statement (PDF 1.4MB)

07-11-2013( PDF 250KB)

8 November 2013

Mr Paul Simpson

WS-084-1 - Inquiry Witness Statement (PDF 847KB)

WS-084-2 - Supplemental Witness Statement (PDF 929KB)

08-11-2013 (PDF 58KB)

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Week Three

Date Panel Transcript
11 November 2013

Action against Medical Accident (AvMA)

Mr Peter Walsh

Paper by AvMA

Patient and Client Council

Ms Maeve Hully

Paper by Patient and Client Council

11-11-2013(PDF 283KB)

12 November 2013

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Opening by Belfast HSC Trust (PDF 44KB)

Mr Colm Donaghy - Chief Executive

Dr Anthony Stevens - Medical Director

Ms Brenda Creaney - Director of Nursing

Dr Paul Jackson - Consultant Paediatrician (RBHSC)

Paper by Belfast Health & Social Care Trust

12-11-2013(PDF 145KB)

13 November 2013

Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

Dr Ian Carson - Chairman

WS-077-4 - Inquiry Witness Statement (PDF 8.3MB)

13-11-2013(PDF 122KB)

14 November 2013

Health and Social Care Board

Opening by Health and Social Care Board (PDF 64KB)

Mr John Compton - Chief Executive

Dr Carolyn Harper - Director of Public Health

Mr Michael Bloomfield - Director of Performance and Corporate Services

Mrs Mary Hinds - Director of Nursing

Paper provided by Health & Social Care Board

14-11-2013(PDF 96KB)

15 November 2013

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Opening by DHSSPS (PDF 25KB)

Mr Andrew McCormick - Permanent Secretary

Mr Michael McBride - Chief Medical Officer

Ms Charlotte McArdle - Chief Nursing Officer

Paper Provided by DHSSPS

15-11-2013(PDF 153KB)