The first official report by the Covid Inquiry is expected to expose a catalogue of failures by the former Conservative government and health officials during the pandemic.
Inquiry chair Lady Heather Hallett will issue the report on Thursday and make recommendations so the UK can be better prepared for any future outbreak.
A second report into “decision-making and political governance” is expected later this year.
The report could touch on the UK’s focus on preparing for a flu pandemic instead of a Coronavirus pandemic, how austerity measures led to public health cut backs, and a government focused on Brexit.
The British Medical Association (BMA) urged Ms Hallett in her initial findings to reflect the “appalling failure” to supply doctors and other health workers with the required PPE, with provisions being “hoplessly inadequate”, the Guardian said.
By January 2022, the Department of Health and Social Care had spent £12.6billion on PPE.
Susie Flintham, on behalf of the Covid 19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK, told the Guardian the group had submitted 71 proposed recommendations which it hopes are included in the report.
“Bereaved families like mine, who fought to bring about this inquiry, know that the value of the inquiry depends on the strength of the recommendations,” Ms Flintham said.
“The years leading up to this moment have been emotionally draining for everyone whose loved ones were tragically let down by an underprepared government, but we know that the inquiry’s recommendations have the potential to save lives in the future, if lessons have been learned from our experiences.”
Former health secretaries Matt Hancock and Jeremy Hunt, as well as former prime ministers David Cameron, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were among those who gave evidence at the inquiry.
Mr Johnson admitted that there were decisions that his government “could and should have” made to prevent the spread of Covid-19. However he denied that he had made major mistakes and attempted to defend the behaviour of his top leadership team.
The former prime minister also defended the Downing Street culture, rejecting claims that the atmosphere was toxic and dysfunctional. He maintained that the working culture led to better decisions being made.
Meanwhile a preliminary hearing for the care sector heard that restrictions on families visiting their loved ones in care homes during the pandemic had felt cruel and punitive, and more than 50,000 deaths related to the virus in care homes had occurred across the UK.
The inquiry is split into modules, which explore how prepared the UK was for the pandemic, how decisions were made during the pandemic, and how it impacted the healthcare system and the people who work in it and use it.
On July 9 the inquiry opened its ninth investigation examining the economic response to the pandemic, with hearings lasting well into October.
The inquiry is due to hear evidence from September on the effect of the pandemic on healthcare systems.
