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Covid-19: Surrey County Council - Update, Review And Lessons Learned

Meeting: 20/07/2021 - Cabinet (Item 144)

144 Covid-19: Surrey County Council - Update, Review And Lessons Learned pdf icon PDF 347 KB

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Decision:

RESOLVED:

 

1.    That Cabinet acknowledges the impact that COVID-19 has had and continues to have on Surrey, its residents and economy and the services provided by the Council.

2.    That Cabinet notes and endorses the actions being delivered through Surrey’s Local Outbreak Control Plan, including the vaccination roll out, and the ongoing support to vulnerable residents, including through the council’s Community Helpline and the COVID-19 Winter Support Grant scheme.

3.    That Cabinet reviews and comments on the lessons learned derived from a review by the Surrey Local Resilience Forum and County Council on the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Reasons for Decisions:

 

The recommendations set out in this report ensure that the Cabinet are appraised of the scope, detail and learning from our response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic to date.

 

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Resources & Performance Select Committee]

 

Minutes:

The report was introduced by the Leader who explained that Surrey County Council had taken a leading role in the ongoing local response; ensuring residents were protected and well-supported throughout these unprecedented times. The report sets out the latest Public Health information about COVID-19 and updates Cabinet on the strategic and sensitive issues arising from the extensive response and recovery work going on across Surrey. Although restrictions had been lifted it was vital for residents to remain vigilant as the number of COVID-19 cases increased. A special thanks was given to the Director for Public Health and the public health team for the ongoing work. The Cabinet Member for Adults thanked the Local Outbreak Engagement Board for leading the response against COVID-19 and thanked staff especially those who organised surge testing and stepped up to become Covid champions. The Cabinet Member for Communities thanked the customer services team at Surrey for running the local track and trace programme exceptionally.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.    That Cabinet acknowledges the impact that COVID-19 has had and continues to have on Surrey, its residents and economy and the services provided by the Council.

2.    That Cabinet notes and endorses the actions being delivered through Surrey’s Local Outbreak Control Plan, including the vaccination roll out, and the ongoing support to vulnerable residents, including through the council’s Community Helpline and the COVID-19 Winter Support Grant scheme.

3.    That Cabinet reviews and comments on the lessons learned derived from a review by the Surrey Local Resilience Forum and County Council on the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Reasons for Decisions:

 

The recommendations set out in this report ensure that the Cabinet are appraised of the scope, detail and learning from our response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic to date.

 

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Resources & Performance Select Committee]