Decision details

The Director of Public Health recommends funding from the ring fenced Local Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) is used to establish a Mobile Testing Unit in Central Location to support easy access for members of the public, university students and FE students. Currently testing is available at Bristol Airport or by post. This location has been found in partnership with the university and will provide a central and accessible location. The site has been approved by regional contain team. This will be one of two mobile sites in Bristol
The approach is endorsed by Health Protection Board and testing is an essential element of the Contain strategy
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 allocate funding from the ring fenced Local Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) to establish a Mobile Testing Unit in Central Location to support easy access for members of the public, university students and FE students.

A number of potential sites have been explored – this is a central location identified with support from University of Bristol
This is the first of a number of local testing sites
This site has been developed in collaboration with the University of Bristol. It is open to the public through the central booking system and accessible.