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Outbreak Management – Civil Contingency
The Director of Public Health recommends
additional capacity within Civil Contingency which provides
essential expertise in incident and outbreak management and will be
an essential resource in any escalation.
Funding will provide a trained emergency planning expertise
to:
•Support the use of incident management JESIP principles
– including the creation of shared situational awareness,
joint understanding of risk, dynamic risk assessment and defensible
decision making
•Deliver concise, documented Outbreak Management
procedures
•Ensure procedures are tested and robust
•Ensure escalation routes within the Council and to
multi-agency response partners are tested and robust
•Deliver tested operating procedures for activating testing
sites
•Provide a link with multi-agency response partners through
the Local Resilience Forum, including Police, Fire, Ambulance,
Environment Agency, transport and utility providers
•Ensure the impact of outbreaks and outbreak management on
BCC’s business continuity is considered
•Ensure the Outbreak Management Group are sighted on other
issues affecting the city, including other emergencies and that the
impact of these on Outbreak Management are understood
•Provide training and support for responders as required
•Provide training and support for logging incidents as
required
•Provide a view on the impact of Outbreak Management on
critical infrastructure within the City
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.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 17/08/2020
Decision due: 10 Aug 2020 by Director: Communities & Public Health
Lead member: Deputy Mayor with responsibility for Children’s Services, Education and Equalities
Contact: Christina Gray, Service Director, Public Health Email: christina.gray@bristol.gov.uk.
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- 17/08/2020 - Outbreak Management – Civil Contingency