Communicating the future of contact tracing in Cheshire and Merseyside

Concepts

• merseyside
• health and social work
• birkenhead
• public health
• cheshire
• future of contact tracing
• merseyside's directors
• contract tracing infrastructure
• area of cheshire
• national team operating separately within cheshire

Location

Description

Cheshire and Merseyside's Directors of Public Health, working together as the Champs Public Health Collaborative, have been awarded a significant investment to improve the already existing health protection and contract tracing infrastructure, which will allow for a robust and effective ongoing approach for managing outbreaks of COVID-19 (and other diseases) in schools, businesses and in the local community. The aim of this work is to take a 'one team' approach to managing outbreaks of transmissible diseases, instead of nine local authority teams, Public Health England (now the UK Health Security Agency) and the national team operating separately within Cheshire and Merseyside. There will also be a pilot in one area of Cheshire and Merseyside to better support people to self-isolate when needed.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.