Healthcare Worker Support
COVID-19 Inquiry · Module 3: Impact on Healthcare Systems · Issued 19 March 2026 · Addressed to: Department of Health and Social Care
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive, working with healthcare employers and professional bodies, should put in place plans to deliver effective support for healthcare workers at scale from the outset of a pandemic. Plans should cover the nature and level of support that will be provided during and after a pandemic. All four governments should develop a programme of peer support visits that can, from the outset of a pandemic, be targeted towards areas of acute hospitals under considerable strain. The purpose of the visits should be to support front-line staff, collect insights on the pressures that healthcare workers are facing and understand what further support they might need.
COVID-19 Inquiry, Module 3: Impact on Healthcare Systems · 19 Mar 2026 Source PDF →
Response — verbatim from government
●Scottish Government — initial response
No formal response published by this government.
Scottish Government · 19 Mar 2026
●Welsh Government — follow-up
No formal response published by this government.
Welsh Government · 19 Mar 2026
●Northern Ireland Executive — follow-up
No formal response published by this government.
Northern Ireland Executive · 19 Mar 2026
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 19 Mar 2026 Status: Pending. No government response yet received. Module 3 report published 19 March 2026. Source →
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