Issue - meetings

NB: The Chair agreed that the following item “Local Outbreak Plan Resource Proposal” that was not included on the published agenda could be considered as a matter of urgency. 

The Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing presented the urgent item updating member of the local outbreak plan proposal.  The Cabinet Members reported that the Council is responsible for the development and implementation of a Local Outbreak Management Plan to manage the transmission of COVID-19 in Bury. A Government grant of £1.08m has been provided to support delivery.

This paper describes the additional capacity required to respond to the next stage of the pandemic in Bury and proposes how the £1,080,000 should be deployed.

Delegated decision:

Cabinet agrees to:

1)  Support the expenditure against the received funding of £1,080,000

2)  Be prepared to receive a further proposal on necessary expenditure if required.

Reasons for the decision:

The Council has legislative duties and responsibilities for the delivery and management of public health in relation to outbreaks of communicable diseases and the Director of Public Health has and retains primary responsibility for the health of their communities.

Other option considered and rejected:

To reject the recommendations.