Jeff J Mitchell via PA MediaScotland’s former chief medical officer Dr Catherine Calderwood has been excused indefinitely from giving evidence at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
Dr Calderwood served as CMO when Nicola Sturgeon was first minister during the early weeks of the pandemic.
She was forced to resign in April 2020 following revelations she had travelled to her holiday home in breach of lockdown rules.
The Daily Telegraph reports inquiry chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett has decided Dr Calderwood “should be excused from further participation” due to ill health.
It means she will not be called to give evidence at Module 2A of the inquiry, which will examine decision-making and political governance in Scotland.
Jeff J Mitchell via PA MediaDr Calderwood did not give evidence to the Scottish Covid-19 inquiry earlier this year.
However she spoke at an earlier part of the UK inquiry in July last year, discussing preparedness for the pandemic.
She said capacity issues in Scotland’s NHS make it “extremely, extremely difficult” to plan for a future pandemic.
Dr Calderwood was appointed as national clinical director of the Centre for Sustainable Delivery at the Golden Jubilee hospital in Clydebank in 2021.
The hospital and the UK Covid Inquiry have been approached for comment.
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