Update on Core Participation applications and upcoming public hearings
Outcomes of Core Participation applications The Lampard Inquiry received around 100 applications for Core Participant status. We are grateful to everyone who submitted an application. The Chair and the Inquiry team have now considered all applications and will be communicating the decisions to each applicant over the coming days. A list of all the Core […]
Chair of the Lampard Inquiry invites initial applications for Core Participant status
Baroness Kate Lampard CBE, the Chair of a statutory public inquiry investigating mental health inpatient deaths in Essex, has today opened the application process for Core Participant status. The Lampard Inquiry is investigating mental health inpatient deaths in Essex between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2023. A Core Participant is someone who plays a […]
Core Participant Applications to open on Monday 22 April
The Chair, Baroness Lampard, will open the initial application process for Core Participant status at 2pm on Monday 22 April. The initial application window will be open for 4 weeks until midnight on Monday 20 May. A Core Participant is a person, organisation or entity granted special status during an inquiry. Core Participants should have […]
Terms of Reference Publication
On 10 April 2024, the final Terms of Reference were published. The Terms of Reference were finalised after a 4-week public consultation, open from 1 November 2023 until 28 November 2023. Baroness Lampard conducted a review of all responses from the consultation before sending her recommendations on the Terms of Reference to government. The Terms […]
Update from the Chair on the Terms of Reference
Baroness Kate Lampard CBE, Chair of the Inquiry, has published the below update on the Terms of Reference. As Chair of the Inquiry, I ran a public consultation on the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference between 1 – 28 November 2023. Following a thorough review of all consultation responses, I sent my proposed Terms of Reference […]
Update on the Terms of Reference
Following the public consultation process, the Chair of the Inquiry, Baroness Lampard, sent her proposed Terms of Reference to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in mid December 2023. The Inquiry is currently waiting to receive the final Terms of Reference as set by the Minister. As soon as these have been […]
Closure of the Terms of Reference consultation
As of today, the public consultation on the Terms of Reference is now closed. We would like to thank all who have contributed to the consultation. The Inquiry’s Chair, Baroness Lampard, will now review the contributions and finalise her recommendations for any amendments to the Terms of Reference. Baroness Lampard intends to send her recommendations […]
Public consultation on the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference
On 1 November 2023, Baroness Lampard launched a public consultation on the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference. This will run for 4 weeks, and close on 28 November 2023. Baroness Lampard released the following press statement, formally launching the Lampard Inquiry and opening a public consultation on its Terms of Reference. You can download a copy […]
Update on the Inquiry’s work and letter from the Chair to the Rt Hon Steve Barclay, Health Secretary
The Inquiry provided an update on 18 April 2023, regarding the Inquiry’s Chair, Dr Geraldine Strathdee, meeting with the Health Secretary, the Rt Hon Steve Barclay and Minister Neil O’Brien. Ahead of this meeting, Dr Strathdee wrote a letter to Mr Barclay setting out her concerns and requesting that the Inquiry is converted to a […]
Update on the Inquiry’s work and letter from the Chair to Paul Scott, CEO of Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT)
Since our update in January, the Inquiry team has been continuing to work on staff engagement. The Inquiry was asked by the Secretary of State to try again to encourage staff witnesses to come forward with evidence – we are now in the process of following through with this. We will be in a position […]
