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Contain Outbreak Management Fund Update

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member was given an update on the Covid-19 Outbreak Management Fund funding allocations from 30 November 2020 to 20 February 2021 and approval was sought for the following use of the fund:

a. £0.150m paid to care home providers in Derbyshire on a per registered bed basis to fund wellbeing activities whilst visiting restrictions remain in place;

b. £210,218 to a range of voluntary sector organisations to deliver the Community Champions scheme, noting the full breakdown of allocations as outlined in the financial considerations section;

c. £26,000 to the University of Nottingham for the evaluation of the asymptomatic COVID-19 community testing programme in Derbyshire;

d. £0.279m to district and borough councils to fund Environmental Health teams to further support implementation of Derbyshire’s COVID Outbreak Management Plan; and

e. £8,617 to Derby City Council to recruit an Associate Director of Inequalities (COVID19) to work across Derby City and Derbyshire County. for itemised large payments from the fund.

 

          Additional funding from Central Government had been received to support the on-going response to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the Contain Outbreak Management Fund, in addition to funding received by the Authority in early 2020.  The NHS Test and Trace service ensured individuals who developed symptoms could access testing with high-risk contacts being identified and advised to self-isolate.  Public Health Authorities were central to this programme and had evolved a function within the programme of work as a Local Tracing Partnership.

 

          As part of the Contain Framework, had received a funding allocation equivalent to £8 per head to support proactive containment and intervention measures.  Derbyshire’s initial allocation was £6.500m, with further allocations being received due to on-going lockdown and tier restrictions and allowed the development of new, and the extension of existing nonpharmaceutical interventions to manage and mitigate the impact of the pandemic across Derbyshire.  This would include children and families, older people and individuals at higher risk due to their health status.

 

          Delegated authority had been given to the Director of Public Health and Cabinet Member for Health and Communities to develop an implementation plan to coordinate the delivery of the different workstreams and, where appropriate, additional approvals would be sought.  This was the first of these update reports which gave a thorough and detailed summary of the activity.

 

                    RESOLVED - that the Cabinet Member (1) note the update to the Cabinet Member for Health and Communities on the COVID-19 Outbreak Management Fund funding allocations from 30 November 2020 to 18 January 2021; and

 

          (2) approve the following funding allocations: a. £0.150m paid to care home providers in Derbyshire on a per registered bed basis to fund wellbeing activities whilst visiting restrictions remain in place; b. £210,218 to a range of voluntary sector organisations to deliver the Community Champions scheme, noting the full break down of allocations as outlined in the financial considerations section; c. £26,000 to the University of Nottingham for the evaluation of the asymptomatic COVID-19 community testing programme in Derbyshire; d. £0.279 to district and borough council Environmental Health teams to further support implementation of Derbyshire’s COVID Outbreak Management Plan; and e. £8,617 to Derby City Council to employ an Associate Director of Inequalities (COVID-19).

 

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