NHS Test & Trace: Working together to support communities Emily van de Venter Associate Director of Public Health
Agenda • Meeting guidelines for maximum engagement • Welcome & introduction of Chair & keynote speaker and panel members – Mike • Coronavirus: Working together to support communities – Emily van de Venter, Associate Director of Public Health • Questions to the panel • · Pre-submitted questions • · Questions from the audience • Summary, next steps & thank you • Close
What we will cover ● On-going support available to communities ● The pattern of new cases in Warwickshire ● Key prevention measures we can all take ● What ‘Test and Trace’ is and how it works ● How you can help
Ongoing Support – Localities Team • Thank you to the 304 'pop up' groups and existing groups who adapted their offer to support communities across Warwickshire, 74 of which were in the North, 56 in Rugby and 174 in the South • All groups formed part of the COVID-19 Community Support Directory which was set up to respond to the pandemic and support communities. Mobilisation of these groups was amazing and the directory can, at the moment, be used as a networking tool to keep in touch with each other. Link attached to the directory https://apps.warwickshire.gov.uk/covid19directory/ • These groups responded to numerous requests for help, directly from residents and via the Councils Shielding Helpline.
Ongoing Support – Localities Team • To be the point of contact when it comes to support Post COVID- 19 i.e. volunteering opportunities, funding etc as well as also supporting some form of legacy from the groups going forward I.e. COVID-19 network group and helping with the T&T/later stages of the pandemic • Contact details for the Localities & Communities Officers • loriharvey@warwickshire.gov.uk (N Warks) • mikeslemensek@warwickshire.gov.uk (Nuneaton & Bedworth) • amandawilsonpatterson@warwickshire.gov.uk (Stratford) • alistairrigby@warwickshire.gov.uk (Warwick) • Rugby is being covered by Lori, Amanda and Alistair
Than Thank you! k you!
Daily number of cases in Warwickshire (to 20 th July)
Preventing spread
Test and Trace – contact tracing ● Next vital step in controlling coronavirus ● Following a case of a disease - identifying people at risk and tracking where it came from ● Finding out who they have been in contact with before and after symptoms start - risk assess contacts for likely transmission - understanding the connection back to other known cases and clusters ● Advising on control measures to reduce the risk to the contacts - can still be time to reduce the risk of transmission to other contacts - ‘warn and inform’ on recognising the symptoms - advise on control measures to prevent further spread should the contact have been infected
If you have family/household members living What contact with you (they must self-isolate for 14-days from when your symptoms began) tracers would ask you If you have had any close contact with anyone else in in the 48 hours before your symptoms started and while symptoms present Close contact definition: • face-to-face contact If you work in, or have recently visited, a setting with someone (less with other people (e.g. GP surgery, school, than 1 metre away) • spending more than 15 workplace, bar). minutes within 2 metres of someone • travelling in a car or To provide, where possible, the names and other small vehicle with contact details for the people you have had someone close contact with.
Employee rights ● If you are asked to self-isolate your employer should support you ● If you have symptoms you are entitled to sick pay ● If you are isolating due to being a close contact your employer may ask you to work from home, if this is not possible you are entitled to sick pay ● www.acas.org.uk/checking-sick-pay/statutory-sick-pay-ssp ● https://www.gov.uk/statutory-sick-pay/eligibility
How you can help ● Provide contact details when visiting public places (café/bars/hairdressers…) ● Help to spread accurate information about Coronavirus and Test and Trace locally & on social media ● Share WCC Social media posts #COVID19, #StayAlertToStaySafe ● More resources available at: coronavirusresources.phe.gov.uk/ ● Support each other: ● Isolating through T&T: Help to get essential items for cases/contacts who have no-one else to help them locally ● Shielding: formal Government support for people to ‘shield’ ends at the end of July, many will feel ok to get back to usual activities, some will not and may still want your help ● Look out for each other – people’s mental health and wellbeing is being impacted (it’s ok not to be ok) ● Report it if you have concerns: warwickshire.police.uk/tua/tell-us- about/c19/tell-us-about-possible-breach-coronavirus-measures/
Questions
Pre-submitted Questions • How and when do I get tested? - When do I get the results back? • Can I go to my GP with COVID-19 symptoms? • What are employers expected to do to reduce the risk of spreading the virus in the workplace and to help Test & Trace? • What happens if there's an outbreak in a workplace? • What if I'm told to self-isolate for 2 weeks and have no food in the house and no-one who can do my shopping for me? • What do I do if I have concerns about my employer not supporting me to self-isolate? • Might we have a local lockdown like they have in Leicester?
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