Letter: End of CATA’s campaign and participation in Module 3 of the UK Covid Public Inquiry (24 February 2025)

Summary

Letter from the Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance (CATA) confirming their position at the end of the Covid Public Inquiry Module 3 journey.

Content

In the attached letter below, Dr Barry Jones, Chair of CATA, explains that, with the Module 3 hearings now concluded, the task assigned to the Executive Team by its member organisations has now been completed – at least until Baroness Hallett publishes her report next year when the team will reconvene.

CATA Exec Letter to Members Final.pdf

Meanwhile they will seek resolution to 'unfinished business', such as pressing for a response to their letter to the Chief Nursing Officers which has not elicited even an acknowledgement of receipt, let alone a substantive reply to the points raised. 

As David Osborn, one of the Exec Team observes:

"This is, in itself, a clear indication of the high-handed, dismissive attitudes with which the Alliance and other stakeholders have been treated by State bodies since 13th March 2020. You will recall that was the day when the majority of healthcare workers were denied the Respiratory Protective Equipment so badly needed to protect them from becoming infected by the patients in their care. That was truly a day that will live in infamy in the history of the NHS."

CATA also awaits with interest to see whether the new Health Minister, Ashley Dalton, will pick up her predecessor's 'in-tray' and respond to CATA's letter to Andrew Gwynne (attached below).

2025_01_22_CATA_Letter_to_A_Gwynne.pdf .pdf

Related reading on the hub:

• Update on CATA's ongoing campaign around the current IPC guidelines for healthcare
• The Covid-19 Airborne Transmission Alliance (CATA) and the Covid-19 Inquiry: Interview with David Osborn
• Covid-19 : A risk assessment too far? A blog by David Osborn