Core participants

Name of Organisation/Individual

Recognised Legal Representative

Airborne vs droplets/fomites

13 Pregnancy, Baby and Parent Organisations: Aching Arms; Baby; Lifeline; Bliss; The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust; Group B Strep Support; ICP Support; The Lullaby Trust; Miscarriage Association; National Childbirth Trust; Pelvic Partnership; Pregnancy Sickness Support; Tommy’s; and Twins Trust

Module 3: Kim Harrison (Slater and Gordon)

Academy of Medical Royal Colleges

Module 3 unknown

Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH)

Module 1: Henry Bermingham (Weightmans LLP)

British Medical Association (BMA)

Modules 1, 2 & 4: Brian Stanton, Module 3: Deirdre Domingo (both of Innovo Law Ltd)

BMA Priorities include “Continue to seek opportunities to lobby for access to RPE (respiratory protective equipment) for staff working with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients, highlighting the inadequacies in IPC (Infection Prevention Control) guidance and failure to properly recognise the airborne transmission of COVID-19.”

Cabinet Office

Module 4: Sharanjeet Sidhu (Government Legal Department)

Care England

Module 2: Unknown 4: Kim Harrison (Slater & Gordon)

COVID-19 Airborne Transmission Alliance

Module 3: Cyrilia Knight (Saunders Law)

No website, but they’re aligned

Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK (CBFFJ)

All modules: Elkan Abrahamson (Broudie Jackson Canter)

“The general lack of mitigations against an airborne infection has impacted heavily on CV groups, especially those with persistent vulnerabilities”

Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru (CBFJ Cymru)

All modules: Craig Court (Harding Evans Solicitors)

No website, but aligned in this tweet

Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Module 1: Laura Zanchi (Government Legal Department)

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

Module 4: Amir Mughal (Government Legal Department)

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)

Modules 1, 2 & 4: Sarah Wise (Government Legal Department)

Department of Health in Northern Ireland

Module 3: Sara Erwin (Departmental Solicitor’s Office)

Disability Action Northern Ireland

Module 2 & 4: Shamik Dutta (Bhatt Murphy Solicitors)

Has no position on airborne vs droplets/fomites

Disability Charities Consortium

Module 3: Anne-Marie Irwin (Rook Irwin Sweeney)

Inclusion Scotland

Module 4: Shamik Dutta (Bhatt Murphy Solicitors)

Also has no position on airborne vs droplets/fomites

Disability Rights UK

Module 2 & 4: Shamik Dutta (Bhatt Murphy Solicitors)

One more having no position on airborne vs droplets/fomites

Disability Wales

Module 2 & 4: Shamik Dutta (Bhatt Murphy Solicitors)

Yet another that has no position on airborne vs droplets/fomites

Federation of Ethnic Minority Healthcare Organisations (FEMHO)

Modules 2, 3 & 4: Cyrilia Knight (Saunders Law)

Frontline Migrant Health Workers Group

Module 3: Helen Mowatt (Public Interest Law Centre)

Government Office for Science (GO-Science)

Modules 1 & 2: Amir Mughal (Government Legal Department)

Group of Welsh NHS bodies: Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board; Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board; Hywel Dda University Local Health Board; Swansea Bay University Health Board; and Velindre University NHS Trust (excluding NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership)

Module 3: Sarah Watt (NWSSP Legal and Risk Services)

His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT)

Modules 2, 3 & 4: Robyn Smith, Module 1: Armen Adjemian (both of Government Legal Department)

Homecare Association

Module 2: unknown

No position on airborne vs droplets/fomites

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (Imperial)

Modules 1 & 2: Paul Ridge (Bindmans LLP)

Inclusion Scotland

Module 2: Shamik Dutta (Bhatt Murphy)

Independent Ambulance Association

Module 3: Linda Barker (Duncan Lewis Solicitors)

John’s Campaign, Care Rights UK (formerly the Relatives and Residents Association) and the Patients Association

Module 3: Emma Jones (Leigh Day)

Just for Kids Law

Module 2: Jennifer Twite (Garden Court Chambers)

Local Government Association (LGA)

Modules 1 & 2: Thelma Stober (Local Government Association)

Long Covid Kids, Long Covid Physio, Long Covid SOS and Long Covid Support

Module 3: Jane Ryan (Bhatt Murphy Solicitors)

Long Covid Kids

Module 2: Jane Ryan (Bhatt Murphy)

Airborne Aligned

Long Covid SOS

Module 2: Jane Ryan (Bhatt Murphy)

“Long Covid SOS signed a letter [..] calling for the government to pass legislation to ensure people using indoor public spaces are protected from airborne pathogens”

Long Covid Support

Module 2: Jane Ryan (Bhatt Murphy)

No position on airborne vs droplet/fomite transmission

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

Module 4: James McArthur (Government Legal Department)

Migrant Primary Care Access Group (MPCAG)

Module 4: Paul Heron (Public Interest Law Centre)

Mind

Module 3: Rheian Davies (Mind)

National Care Forum

Module 2: unknown

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

Module 3: Steffan Groch, Module 4: Mark Thompson (both of DWF Law LLP)

National Pharmacy Association (NPA)

Module 4: Deirdre Domingo, Module 3: Brian Stanton (both of Innovo Law)

National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC)

Modules 1 & 2: Sarah Winfield (MPS Directorate of Legal Services)

NHS England (NHSE)

All modules: Alistair Robertson (DAC Beachcroft LLP)

NHS National Services Scotland (NHS NSS)

Modules 1 & 3: Morag Shepherd (NHS National Services Scotland)

Northern Ireland Covid 19 Bereaved Families for Justice (NICBFJ)

All modules: Conal McGarrity (P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors)

Northern Ireland Department of Health (DoH)

Modules 1 & 4: Sara Erwin (Departmental Solicitor’s Office)

Office of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO)

Modules 1, 2 & 3: Warrick Olsen, Module 4: Steven Winder (both of Government Legal Department)

Public Health Agency for Northern Ireland

Module 3: June Turkington (Business Service Organisation Directorate of Legal Service), Module 4: Brian Donnelly (Directorate of Legal Services)

Public Health Scotland (PHS)

Modules 1, 3 & 4: Stefano Rinaldi (Central Legal Office)

Public Health Wales (PHW)

Module 1: Paul Veysey, Module 4: Rhiannon Holtham (both of NHS Wales SSP Legal and Risk Services)

Royal College of Nursing

Module 3: Claire Whittle (Bates Wells)

Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Module 3: Brian Stanton (Innovo Law)

Save the Children UK

Module 2: Jennifer Twite (Garden Court Chambers)

“coronavirus is spread via droplets when a person coughs or sneezes” (might be out of date)

Scottish Covid Bereaved (formerly The Scottish Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice)

Modules 1, 2 & 3: Aamer Anwar, Module 4: Sarah Murray (both of Aamer Anwar and Co)

Scottish Health Boards (Scottish Territorial and Special Health Boards)

Modules 3 & 4: Elaine Coull (NHS Scotland Central Legal Office)

Scottish Ministers

All modules: Caroline Beattie (Scottish Government Legal Directorate)

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Module 4: Lesley Paton (Government Legal Department)

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Module 3: Sarah Wise (Government Legal Department)

Secretary of State for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (SSEFRA)

Module 1: Luke Chattaway (Government Legal Department)

Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (SSFCDO)

Module 2: Steven Winder (Government Legal Department)

Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD)

Module 1 & 2: Warrick Olsen (Government Legal Department)

Solace Women’s Aid

Module 2: Paul Heron (Public Interest Law Centre)

Southall Black Sisters

Module 2: Paul Heron (Public Interest Law Centre)

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Cabinet Office)

Modules 1 & 2: Sharanjeet Sidhu (Government Legal Department)

The Executive Office of Northern Ireland (TEO)

Modules 1 & 2: Joan MacElhatton (Departmental Solicitor's Office)

The Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, and the Association of Anaesthetists

Module 3: Sonia Campbell (Mishcon de Reya LLP)

The Rt Hon Baroness Arlene Foster of Aghadrumsee DBE and Paul Givan MLA

Module 4: John McBurney (John McBurney Solicitors)

The Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust

Module 3: Gemma Cooper (NWSSP Legal and Risk Services)

Trades Union Congress (TUC)

Modules 2 & 3: Gerard Stilliard, Module 1: Harry Thompson (both of Thompson’s Solicitors)

Ventilation, ventilation, ventilation (page): “We know that Covid is an airborne virus, meaning it is primarily spread through the air in tiny particles, known as aerosols”.

Traveller Movement

Module 4: Martin Howe (Howe & Co Solicitors)

UK CV Family, Scottish Vaccine Injury Group and Vaccine Injured and Bereaved UK (VIBUK)

Module 4: Terry Wilcox (Hudgell Solicitors)

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

Modules 1, 2 & 3: Katrina McCrory (Mills & Reeve), Module 4: Olivia Barnes (Government Legal Department)

UK Statistics Authority

Module 2: Elizabeth Rebello (Government Legal Department)

Welsh Government

All modules: Stephanie McGarry (Browne Jacobson LLP)

Welsh Local Government Association (Welsh LGA)

Modules 1 & 2: Thelma Stober (Local Government Association)