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There was one member question. The question and response were published as a supplement to the agenda.

There was one member question. The question and response were published as a supplement to the agenda. The Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health stated that the public health team had recently submitted a bid to the Department of Health and Social Care for funding to go live with a series of asymptomatic testing sites across the county. The Cabinet Member confirmed that from 01 February 2021 three sites would go live, these would be, Thameside in Staines- Spelthorne, Goldwater in Woking and Bourne Hall in Epsom and Ewell. Two weeks later a further three sites would go live in Reigate and Banstead, Guildford and Elmbridge. Two weeks after this, as part of a third tranche, sites would go live in Waverley and Surrey Heath. These asymptomatic sites would compliment the current testing sites that are up and running.In addition to this, public health were also working hard with colleagues in pharmacy settings to finalise a commitment from up to 45 pharmacies across the County who will also berolling out asymptomatic testing. The good work of the public health team in deploying this testing model so rapidly was acknowledged.