Agenda item

(a)  That the report be noted;

(b)  That the Significant Decisions taken by Silver as set out in Appendix A be ratified; and

(c)  That the Significant Decision taken by the Chief Executive and Executive Director, People (Adults) on Slough’s Asymptomatic Testing for Covid-19 Programme as at Appendix B be ratified.

The Cabinet received a report which set out the further significant decisions taken by officers in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and sought ratification of the Executive decisions.

The decisions taken since the previous meeting of the Cabinet included service changes in the transition between the national ‘lockdown’ and new tiered system in December and plans to introduce a lateral flow testing programme for the community.  The Significant Decision which granted an exemption from competitive tendering for the testing programme as set out in Appendix B was ratified.

At the conclusion of the discussion the significant decisions in Appendix A were ratified.

The Cabinet also agreed a vote of thanks to Officers, NHS and other partners and the voluntary and community sector for the work on Covid-19 including community testing and the delivery of the vaccination programme.

Resolved –

(a)  That the report be noted;

(b)  That the Significant Decisions taken by Silver as set out in Appendix A be ratified; and

(c)  That the Significant Decision taken by the Chief Executive and Executive Director, People (Adults) on Slough’s Asymptomatic Testing for Covid-19 Programme as at Appendix B be ratified.