Over the next three weeks, the inquiry will hear from members of NHS mental health staff for the first time.
Harris thanked staff who had come forward “of their own volition”, but added the inquiry had issued formal requests for evidence from more than 50 current and former members of staff so far.
The inquiry has also issued more than 500 requests for evidence from organisations and stakeholders, including more than 200 to EPUT alone.
It has issued 14 Section 21 notices which compelled evidence to be provided “without delay”.
The July hearings will also explore issues surrounding the ongoing use of technology on mental health wards, as well as concerns regarding the resuscitation of patients, a matter which Baroness Lampard said required “urgent consideration”.
Baroness Lampard added that interim recommendations could be made at the inquiry’s next hearings in October.
The Lampard Inquiry is expected to finish hearing evidence in the autumn of 2027, with Baroness Lampard’s recommendations not expected until 2028.
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