Decision details

The Director of Public Health recommends additional capacity within external communication to support campaigns, messaging and outbreak management in response to Covid-19. Consistent and regular public communication is essential in both preventing and managing local outbreaks of Covid -19 This will include liaising with neighbouring authorities, the NHS, Public Health England and City Partners. The communication team will work closely with the Director of Public Health and the Bristol Public Health Team. The funding will pay for additional External Communication Officers, to work with the Public Health Team on external communications, campaigns and public messaging to support outbreak prevention and outbreak control.
Funding is from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) and will pay for communications, campaigns and public messaging to support outbreak prevention and outbreak control.
The Outbreak Management Fund is a ring fenced grant to be used for the specific purpose of managing the local response to Covid-19, as described in the Local Outbreak Management Plan
The Director of Public Health, with the Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for advising the authority in relation to the Outbreak Management Plan and associated funding.

To use funding from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) to pay for communications, campaigns and public messaging to support outbreak prevention and outbreak control in the sum of £210,167

There are no other options.
Additional capacity in external communication is essential.