A Trauma-Informed Inquiry Consultation
The Eljamel Inquiry is committed to being a trauma-informed inquiry.
We want to hear from people with an interest in our work about how best we can do that.
With that aim in mind, the Inquiry carried out a consultation between November 2025 and January 2026.
A Feedback Report summarising the consultation's findings is available for download as a PDF at the bottom of this page.
The findings are also set out in the form of a webpage.
The Inquiry thanks all respondents for their honesty, courage, and generosity in contributing to this consultation. Their insights are central to ensuring the Inquiry is conducted in as trauma informed a manner as possible.
Acknowledgement
The Chair and Inquiry Team are extremely grateful to all who contributed to the Trauma Informed Inquiry consultation.
We recognise that re engaging with traumatic experiences can itself be retraumatising, and we appreciate the emotional cost borne by many participants.
Although not every point raised can be included in this report, every submission has been read and considered and has informed our thinking and approach.
Matters better addressed through the Inquiry’s investigative work have been excluded from the report but will nonetheless be taken forward appropriately.
We also acknowledge that for many, the experiences described in the report, particularly involving physical and psychological pain, may be difficult to read about.
Purpose and Approach
This report summarises what we were told during the consultation and outlines how the Inquiry intends to develop further its trauma informed approach.
We recognise that what is appropriate for some may be unsuitable for others; therefore, publishing these findings provides an opportunity for further comment.
While we cannot respond in detail to every individual suggestion at this stage, we will continue to issue further updates as to how our trauma-informed approach is developing, in particular in light of any representations we receive, as our work progresses.
Where a proposal made in the consultation lies outside what the Inquiry can deliver, we state this clearly, as requested by respondents.
Methodology
The consultation ran from 21 November 2025 to 12 January 2026.
Sixty five responses were received, mostly through the anonymous online questionnaire, enabling people to participate without barriers linked to identification or re exposure to trauma.
Respondents represent a self selecting group. Every contribution has been considered individually and not weighted by volume.
The diversity of views reflects the fact that trauma affects each person differently.
Consequently, a trauma informed Inquiry cannot meet every individual need, but it can remain responsive, compassionate, and open to learning throughout its progress.