Issue - meetings

a          Members' Questions

The deadline for Member’s questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting (13 April 2022).

b          Public Questions

The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (12 April 2022).

       a   Members' Questions   [Item 4a]

 None received. 

b   Public Questions   [Item 4b]

 None received.

a          Members' Questions

The deadline for Member’s questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting (11 February 2022).

b          Public Questions

The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (10 February 2022).

       a   Members' Questions   [Item 4a]

None received. 

b   Public Questions   [Item 4b]

None received.

a          Members' Questions

The deadline for Member’s questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting (15 November 2021).

b          Public Questions

The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (12 November 2021).

       a   Members' Questions   [Item 4a]

None received. 

b   Public Questions   [Item 4b]

None received.

a          Members' Questions

The deadline for Member’s questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting (26 August 2021).

b          Public Questions

The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (25 August 2021).

c          Petitions

The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting. No petitions have been received.

       a   Members' Questions   [Item 4a]

None received. 

b   Public Questions   [Item 4b]

None received.

c   Petitions   [Item 4c]

There were none.

The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (10 June 2021).

None received.

a          Members' Questions

The deadline for Member’s questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting (9 April 2021).

b          Public Questions

The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (8 April 2021).

c          Petitions

The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting. No petitions

have been received.

a        MEMBERS' QUESTIONS   [Item 4a]

None received.

    b   PUBLIC QUESTIONS   [Item 4b]

None received.

      c   PETITIONS   [Item 4c]

           There were none.

a          Members' Questions

The deadline for Member’s questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting (12 February 2021).

b          Public Questions

The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (11 February 2021).

c          Petitions

The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting. No petitions

have been received.

a          MEMBERS' QUESTIONS [Item 4a]

None received.

b         PUBLIC QUESTIONS [Item 4b]

Three questions were received from members of the public. The responses can be found attached to these minutes as Annex A.

A supplementary question was asked from one member of the public and the verbal response can be found below.

3.      Supplementary question asked by Philip Walker:

The questioner reiterated his question enquiring as to whether the Council considered the UK Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Strategy 2011 to be relevant with regards to Covid-19 and referred to point 2.20 from the Strategy which recommended preparing for a case fatality rate of 2.5% assuming no effective treatment was available. The response received suggested that a lack of antiviral treatments was a reason for deviating from the Strategy and he noted that the case fatality rates of Covid-19 across the vast majority of the population was much lower than the 2.5% fatality rate.

The questioner asked whether there was any intention of systematising the effects of the restrictions on vulnerable groups as well as all residents, in order to help people cope with the now almost a year of having in some cases, everything that they really had to live for away from them.

The questioner noted that the response in relation to Surrey’s Local Outbreak Control Plan did not mention an ethical framework as laid out by the Strategy and asked whether there was a cost-benefit analysis for the measures put in place as the Council had a duty to protect its residents and minimise disruption.

Response:

The Director of Public Health (SCC) recognised the importance recovery and that certain population groups had been disproportionately affected as highlighted in the Community Impact Assessment (CIA), which was fed into Surrey’s Local Outbreak Control Plan (LOCP) - which had been constantly updated since it was published. She noted that there was a health inequalities group that looked at Covid-19 recovery and going forward the findings across the recovery workstreams would be woven into the Health and Wellbeing Strategy. She explained that later in the agenda the Public Health Principal (SCC) would provide an update on the impact of Covid-19 on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities. She added that she chaired the recent Equalities, Engagement and Inclusion Group which looked at vaccination outreach to hard to reach groups that had been disproportionately affected.

She explained that cost-benefit analyses were undertaken for the different programmes carried out at the local level as it was vital that there was robust evaluation regarding value for money, the impact of national restrictions and ensuring constant engagement with the population groups.

The Public Health Consultant (SCC) added that within the CIA there were Rapid Needs Assessments (RNAs) that focussed on ten different population groups that had been disproportionately affected by Covid-19 and through that targeted work recommendations as well as actions from those had been shared with the health system.

The Chairman thanked those members of the public for submitting their questions as well as  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4

a          Members' Questions

The deadline for Member’s questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting (16 November 2020).

b          Public Questions

The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (13 November 2020).

c          Petitions

The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting. No petitions

have been received.

a          MEMBERS' QUESTIONS   [Item 4a]

None received.

b          PUBLIC QUESTIONS   [Item 4b]

Six questions were received from members of the public. The responses can be found attached to these minutes as Annex A.

Supplementary questions were asked from five members of the public and the verbal responses can be found below.

1. Supplementary question asked by Teresa Wood:

See Annex B – for written supplementary question.

            Response:

The Director of Public Health (SCC) noted that the original answer highlighted the Public Health England (PHE) independent rapid evaluation of the Innova SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Qualitative Test; which detailed the high specificity but did not detail the sensitivity. She explained that both the specificity and sensitivity of tests depended on various factors including their administration. That currently, government policy and guidance was to use those tests which were used by acute trust staff twice weekly. She added that there was a pilot in Liverpool and in Stoke-on-Trent to test asymptomatic members of the population, such testing had not yet occurred in the South England but that was an area to be looked at imminently.

It was agreed that a written answer would be provided to the questioner, to explain the matter in more detail (Annex B).

3. Supplementary question asked by Stuart Robertson:

See Annex B – for written supplementary question.

Response:

The Director of Public Health (SCC) referred to in initial response in which the second paragraph outlined the evidence that showed a 95% specificity and sensitivity for PCR testing. There was a small chance of a false positive, however for the vast majority of those getting a positive test and self-isolating, it was in order to protect the rest of the population and to prevent further spread.

It was agreed that a written answer would be provided to the questioner, to explain the matter in more detail (Annex B).

4. Supplementary question asked by Thomas Walker:

See Annex B – for written supplementary question.

Response:

It was agreed that a written answer would be provided to the questioner, to explain the matter in more detail (Annex B).

5. Supplementary question asked by Philip Walker:

The written response to the original question seemed to imply that it was very likely that on leaving national lockdown and re-entering the tiered system, Tier 1 was likely either to be strengthened or Tier 2 would be the presumed baseline. What would the hypothetical data have to look like locally for a tier of restrictions not to apply. What was the ceiling for that first baseline of restrictions being applied in the first place in terms of hospitalisations or cases per 100,000 population?

Response:

The Chief Executive (SCC) noted that at present there was no understanding or information on any of the thresholds or data points that the government would use to make the determination of tier allocations or revisions to the tier levels.

6. Supplementary question asked by Duncan White:

See Annex B – for written supplementary question.

Response:

The Area Director East Surrey  ...  view the full minutes text for item 22

a          Members' Questions

The deadline for Member’s questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting (21 September 2020).

b          Public Questions

The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (18 September 2020).

c          Petitions

The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting. No petitions

have been received.

a          MEMBERS' QUESTIONS   [Item 4a]

None received.

b          PUBLIC QUESTIONS   [Item 4b]

None received.

c          PETITIONS   [Item 4c]

There were none.