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On Tuesday, April 27, the Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry will sit from 2pm to hear evidence from Mr Alan Angilley, formerly the Administrative Secretary to the Supra Regional Services Advisory Group (SRSAG). Mr Angilley is currently with the NHS Executive’s Finance Directorate. The Inquiry will sit as scheduled on Wednesday and Thursday, April 28 and 29, starting on both days at 9.30am. ENDS Notes for Editors: The oral hearings are held on the fifth floor of offices at 2-10 Temple Way in Bristol. No photographic or recording equipment is allowed in the Inquiry Chamber or precincts on the fifth floor. Opportunities to photograph and interview witnesses will be made available when possible. The Inquiry will normally sit from Monday to Thursday during this first phase. Mondays will run from 10.30 am – 4.30 pm. The other days will run from 9.30 am to 2.15 pm. For further information contact: Becky Jarvis, Media Relations Manager (tel: 0117 938 8716). Web site: http://www.bristol-inquiry.org.uk/ April 22, 1999 For the first time the general public will be able to observe the proceedings of a Public Inquiry without having to travel long distances thanks to state-of-the-art technology. From April 26, video links will transmit live pictures from the Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry initially to three Community Health Council (CHC) Offices in Cardiff, Barnstaple and Truro. Pictures from the Inquiry chamber will be transmitted digitally to high-tech equipment installed in the CHC offices, where members of the public will be able to follow the day-to-day discussions of the Inquiry on television screens. Viewers will be able to watch and listen to witnesses giving evidence and will be able to see and hear the Inquiry Panel as they ask questions. Professor Ian Kennedy, Inquiry Chairman, announced the installation of the video links, saying: "This is a Public Inquiry and members of the public are welcome to attend the hearings each day. The Inquiry spans a very large geographical area and encompasses so many individuals that we felt it was appropriate to provide distant locations with live links to the Inquiry chamber in Bristol. "I hope these measures will mean that people who live a long way from Bristol will be able to follow proceedings without regularly having to travel long distances, and that as many people as wish will be able to keep up-to-date with the Inquiry as it progresses." The Inquiry team will wait to see how popular the three pilot sites are before making a decision about increasing the number of additional video links. Full transcripts of the Inquiry hearings are available each day via the Inquiry’s web site at www.bristol-inquiry.org.uk and are posted to libraries and CHC offices each week. ENDS Notes for Editors: Pictures will be transmitted via an ISDN which provides fast connect times to the CHC offices and shown on television screens. Restrictions relating to photographic and recording equipment – either audio or visual, in the Inquiry chamber in Bristol apply to all CHC sites with video links to Bristol i.e. no broadcasting or audio recording of images and sound transmitted from the Inquiry Chamber. For further information please contact: Becky Jarvis, Media Relations Manager, BRI Inquiry tel: 0117 938 8716
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24 Castle Street, Barnstaple, EX31 1DR April 21 1999 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO GIVE EVIDENCE TO INQUIRY The Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry oral hearings resume next week with representatives from the Welsh Office and Department of Health coming to the Inquiry offices to describe the national scene during the period of the Inquiry’s terms of reference (1984-1995). On Monday April 26, Mr Peter Gregory, Director NHS Wales, will give evidence on behalf of the Welsh Office. The remainder of the week will be taken up with witnesses from the Department of Health. On Tuesday April 27, the Inquiry will hear from Mr Alan Angilley of the Finance Directorate of the NHS Executive, and formerly Administrative Secretary to the Supra Regional Advisory Group (SRSAG) from early 1987 to January 1992. On Wednesday April 28, Mr Steven Owen, of the Medical Devices Agency and former Administrative Secretary to the SRSAG from January 1992 to February 1996, will give evidence. On Thursday April 29, Dr Norman Pryde Halliday (ret.), former head of the medical policy division with responsibility for the acute hospital sector, will complete the week’s oral hearings. ENDS Notes for editors: The oral hearings are held on the fifth floor of offices at 2-10 Temple Way in Bristol. Photographic or recording equipment – either audio or visual – is not permitted in the Inquiry chamber or precincts on the fifth floor. The Inquiry normally sits from Monday to Thursday. Mondays start at 10.30am and the other days begin at 9.30am. The Inquiry does not sit on Fridays. For further information please contact Becky Jarvis, Media Relations Manager, tel. 0117 938 8716. April 20, 1999 The Chairman, Professor Ian Kennedy, is unwell. After taking medical advice it has been decided that the Inquiry panel will not sit to hear oral evidence during the week beginning April 19. This change will not delay the progress of the Inquiry; the work to gather and assess written statements and documentary evidence will continue as usual. It is anticipated that the Inquiry will schedule its next oral hearings during the week commencing Monday April 26. |