Reference: D52672
Decision Maker: Director of Public Health
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Leeds City Council has received £10.4m,
from the Government, to support the public health response to the
COVID-19 pandemic. The funding is a one-off contribution, for the
2020-21 financial year, and is non-recurrent.
This funding is to support proactive and preventative evidence
based measures, in the fight against the pandemic, which are
informed by the Leeds outbreak plan. Setting up a local contact
tracing service is a requirement of central Government. As part of
this allocation, a budget has been identified for this local
contact tracing service, it is necessary that this service is
implemented immediately as part of the Public Health response to
COVID-19:-
The development and implementation of the local contact tracing
service for Leeds was launched in November 2020. This service has
been developed at pace with partners across the Council.
The programmes developed are detailed below, it is anticipated
costs for 12 months from November 2020 – December 2021 will
be approximately £785,158. There will be flexibility with
this approach depending on the specific needs of the Leeds
population and the rates of infection, therefore costs may increase
or decrease in line with local data.
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Contact: Sharon Foster, Sexual Health Lead 0113 37 86035 Email: sharon.foster@leeds.gov.uk.
Publication date: 25/01/2021
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