Reports First Report Published 19 July 2002 This section contains the First Report of the Inquiry, in which the Chairman, Dame Janet Smith DBE, has considered how many patients Shipman killed, the means employed and the period over which the killings took place. Click on the links below to go to each section of the Report. Volume One - Death Disguised Appendix A - 'The Relationship between the Findings of the Review of Shipman's Clinical Practice and the Inquiry's Determinations' by Professor Richard Baker, OBE Appendix B - Participants in Phase One of the Inquiry and their Representatives Appendix C - Specimen Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) Appendix D - Specimen Cremation Forms A, B, C and F Appendix E - Summaries of Conviction Cases Appendix F - Chronological List of Decided Cases Appendix G - Alphabetical Index of Inquiry Decisions Volume Two - Decisions: Todmorden Volumes Three to Six - Decisions: Hyde A complete index of all deaths considered by the Inquiry is available in Phase 1 - List of Cases. Downloading and Printing To download and print the whole of Volume One, please click here* To download and print a chapter of the report, please click on the PDF symbol next to the title of the chapter that you require (these symbols appear on the Volume One contents page) To print individual pages of the report, click on the "print version" link on the page you require and then print in the normal manner. *The Report is available for download and printing in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® software in order to view it. This software is freely downloadable from Adobe® and is available for most operating systems and platforms. Click the Get Acrobat Reader button below to download the software from Adobe.com in a new browser window. Copyright © Crown Copyright 2002 The text of the report may be reproduced free of charge in any format or media without requiring specific permission. This is subject to the material not being used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context. The source of the material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the document must be included when being reproduced as part of another publication or service. Any enquiries relating to Crown copyright should be addressed to: Licensing Division HMSO St Clements House 2-16 Colegate Norwich NR3 1BQ Email: licensing@hmso.gov.uk Published by The Shipman Inquiry © Crown Copyright 2001