Timeline

Same statement as the announcement. Verbatim: "I have appointed Sir Jonathan Michael to chair this inquiry." Sir Jonathan had already been chairing the preceding Trust-commissioned investigation before it was converted into this independent inquiry.

Commons statement by Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, replacing the Trust-commissioned investigation with an independent inquiry. Repeated as a Lords statement the following day, 9 Nov 2021.

Covers events at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. 17 recommendations (16 for the Trust, 1 for Kent County Council/East Sussex County Council), per Wes Streeting's 15 Oct 2024 statement. Referred to in the Terms of Reference as the "initial report".

gov.uk publication page states "Published: 15 October 2024", matching the same-day Hansard statement HCWS132. The Chair expedited this module ahead of the rest of Phase 2 following reports of neglect at a funeral home in Hull.

Confirms the Trust published an assurance statement on implementation of the Phase 1 recommendations in February 2024; announced the same-day publication of the Phase 2 interim report.

Statement by Dr Zubir Ahmed, HCWS1173: "solid progress has been made on fifty-four of the Inquiry recommendations", eleven "accepted in full and work is already in progress to implement these recommendations (22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 30,31, 32, 33, 34 & 75)", forty-three relating to NHS and local authority mortuaries requiring further work, and "a further twenty-one recommendations still under consideration". The companion gov.uk policy paper published the same day groups the 75 as "has accepted the recommendation in full (11)", "has accepted the recommendation in principle (43)" and "is still considering the recommendation (21)": that is the source of the widely quoted "accepted in principle" wording (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuller-inquiry-government-interim-update-on-phase-2-recommendations). The statement promised a full response in Summer 2026; see the 15 July 2026 milestone, which defers it again.

Statement by Preet Kaur Gill, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety; made in the Lords the same day by Baroness Merron as HLWS268. Marks one year since the Phase 2 report. NO numeric breakdown is given: it states only that "Government has accepted in full the majority of Sir Jonathan Michael recommendations", with "a further group of recommendations where the Government agrees with the intent and direction of travel, but where further consideration is needed". The 11/43/21 split is from the December 2025 interim update, not from this statement. This is NOT the promised full response: the Government "remains committed to providing a full response to Sir Jonathan Michael's report once the leadership period for Prime Minister has concluded". New commitments cited: NHS England has issued a national system letter (PRN02500, 26 June 2026) requiring a Board Assurance Statement from every trust with a mortuary by 31 July 2026 (https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/nottingham-maternity-review-findings-on-post-death-care-and-key-actions-required-following-the-fuller-inquiry/); and the Human Tissue Authority has instructed all mortuaries to review 10 years of internal records, reporting to Ministers by 16 October 2026. Links the work to the Independent Review of Maternity Services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.