Presentation by David Osborn to the Safer Healthcare Biosafety Network (13 March 2026)

Summary

With the UK Covid-19 Inquiry due to publish its report into the impact of the pandemic on healthcare systems this week, CATA (the Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance) has submitted its own reports to the Inquiry. These cover investigations that CATA carried out independently, based on Freedom of Information requests and other sources of information (see CATA's press release that explains the background to this initiative).

David Osborn, a member of CATA's Executive Team, gave a brief overview of these reports in a presentation to the SHBN (the Safer Healthcare Biosafety Network).

Content

2026-03-13 SHBN Meeting.pdf

CATA has released copies of their reports into the public domain although, due to Inquiry confidentiality rules, some material has had to be redacted.

Links to CATA’s two reports:

• Changes in the Management of COVID-19 (March 2020)
• Independent Investigation into the conduct of the IPC Cell

About the Author

CATA is an alliance of healthcare organisations including doctors, nurses, paramedics and allied health professionals representing around 65,000 healthcare workers as a core participant in module 3 of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

David Osborn is a health and safety consultant, having been in practice for 30 years. He has a background in biochemistry, microbiology, epidemiology and emergency planning. Any blogs or letters that David writes to Government departments, Agencies or the NHS are written entirely on a personal and individual basis and do not necessarily reflect the views of any organisations to which he is affiliated.