Decision Maker: Director of Public Health
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
In late May 2020 the Government instructed all
local authorities to have local outbreak control plans in place
before the end of June. The plan sets out how we will work to
prevent cases and outbreaks of COVID-19 in Darlington and how we
will respond if and when they do. The plan is to be produced,
approved and published to a tight timescale.
Financial/staffing/health & safety (incl virus transmission
risks)/service delivery impacts/other risks and impacts
considered:
No negative service impacts identified. The plan describes actions
to prevent and manage outbreaks.
Test and Trace Service Grant allocated to the Council for this
work.
To approve the Darlington Local Outbreak
Control Plan: June 2020, as a ‘work in progress’, with
effect 29 June 2020.
Reason: It is mandated that every Upper Tier Local Authority will
publish an approved Local Outbreak Control Plan by the end of June
2020. The timescale has mitigated against wider consultation and
debate.
Not applicable.
Publication date: 23/11/2020
Date of decision: 29/06/2020