Issue details
DETERMINATION OF HOW THE RINGFENCED NATIONAL TEST AND TRACE FUNDING HAS BEEN ALLOCATED
The attached documentation sets out the
proposals to utilise Tier 3 (Very High) funding to build upon
progress to date and further enhance local capacity to deliver
interventions to break the chains of COVID-19 transmission.
In June 2020 Wirral Council was allocated £2,733,018 of grant
funding via the Test and Trace Support Service Grant. The purpose
of the grant was to provide support to local authorities in England
towards expenditure lawfully incurred or to be incurred in relation
to the mitigation against and management of local outbreaks of
COVID-19.
Test and Trace funding received in July has been utilised to
implement the Wirral COVID-19 Outbreak prevention and Control Plan
to:
1. Develop the Wirral COVID-19 Hub: The purpose of the COVID-19 Hub
is to prevent, control and manage COVID-19 outbreaks in
Wirral.
2. ncrease communication and community engagement activity
3. Increase capacity of specialist staff (intelligence, infection
prevention control, environmental health)
4. Contribute towards the development of the Cheshire and
Merseyside (C&M) COVID-19 hub – to manage complex cases
on behalf of all C&M authorities
In October 2020 additional grant funding of £2,701,000 for
Test and Trace activity was received by the Wirral Council when the
Liverpool City Region was placed under the Tier 3 ‘very
high’ COVID-19 alert level restrictions.
Tier 3 funding will allow development the Wirral COVID-19 hub
further and develop capacity to focus upon the development of a
local Find, Test, Trace, Isolate, and Support model to the
transmission of COVID-19 across the borough.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure impact > £500,000;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 04/12/2020
Decision due: 3 Dec 2020 by Director of Public Health
Contact: Rachael Musgrave, Assistant Director: Consultant in Public Health (Wider Determinants) Email: rachaelmusgrave@wirral.gov.uk.
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