Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member considered a report with sought approval of the COVID-19 Local Outbreak Management Plan for Haringey.  This plan would play a vital part in preventing new outbreaks of COVID-19, and reducing the impact of any outbreaks that do occur.

RESOLVED to

i.          approve the COVID-19 Local Outbreak Management Plan at appendix 1;

ii.         agree to delegate authority to the Director of Public Health in consultation with the Cabinet portfolio holder to make any amendments to the plan required due to the changing nature of the Pandemic and the level of local response needed; and

iii.        note allocation of Haringey’s COVID-19 Test and Trace support grant of £1.862m which is to be used to prevent, mitigate and management of outbreaks of COVID-19 in Haringey and support the delivery of the Local Outbreak Management Plan.

Reasons for decision

a.         All local authorities in England are required to develop and implement a COVID-19 Local Outbreak Management Plan. It was a requirement that each plan be submitted to the Department of Health and Social Care by the end of June 2020. Haringey Council submitted a draft plan as there was recognition that the development of the plan was an iterative process and the situation was fluid.

b.        In addition, all local authorities in England have been awarded a COVID-19 test and trace service support grant. The purpose of the grant is to support local authorities in England towards expenditure lawfully incurred in relation to the mitigation against and management of local outbreaks of COVID-19. The grant for Haringey is £1.862m.

Alternative options considered

None were considered as all Local Authorities are requested by Government to have a COVID-19 Local Outbreak Management Plan.