Agenda item

Revised Slough Local Outbreak Management Plan

Decision:

(a)  That the Council’s Local Outbreak Management Plan as at Appendix A in the Supplementary Agenda be endorsed; and

 

(b)  That delegated authority be granted to the Chief Executive to maintain and amend the plan following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Health & Wellbeing and the East Berkshire Director for Public Health.

Minutes:

The Lead Member for Health & Wellbeing and the Service Lead, Public Health introduced a report that sought approval for the revised Covid-19 Local Outbreak Management Plan.  The updated version of the plan for endorsement was included in the supplementary agenda, and this version included further information from Public Health England and the Department of Health & Social Care.

 

It was a requirement for local authorities to produce an Outbreak Management Plan and the document set out the roles, responsibilities and processes for managing Covid-19 outbreaks.  The plan had been revised since its initial adoption in June 2020 and whilst the fundamental roles of the council and health partners were unchanged it incorporated the expansion of testing, the vaccination programme and the ‘roadmap’ for relaxing restrictions.  The Government had announced funding allocations for each local authority through the Contain Outbreak Management Fund (COMF) and Slough would receive £769,057.

 

The Cabinet discussed the positive work undertaken in response to the pandemic over the past year including the OneSlough community response, the BAME project, innovative approaches to community testing and vaccination and the community champions.  The Outbreak Engagement Board would continue to review the communications activity which was recognised to be an important part of the local response.

 

After due consideration the revised Outbreak Management Plan was endorsed and the Cabinet asked to receive the Equalities Impact Assessment at a later stage.

 

Resolved –

 

(a)  That the Council’s Local Outbreak Management Plan as at Appendix A in the Supplementary Agenda be endorsed; and

 

(b)  That delegated authority be granted to the Chief Executive to maintain and amend the plan following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Health & Wellbeing and the East Berkshire Director for Public Health.

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