Issue details
Enhanced Community Vaccination Progamme – Direct Award
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The purpose of the report is to recommend a Direct Award to the
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group for the delivery of an enhanced
Covid-19 community vaccination programme offering a wider range of
clinics at community venues, targeted outreach clinics for
vulnerable & hard to reach groups, and regular deployment of
the mobile vaccination bus to areas of low vaccine uptake. The
costs of this programme will be met by the ring fenced
‘Control Outbreak Management Fund’ (COMF) and
‘Protect’ grants and will not draw on the
Council’s revenue budget. The NHS will continue to fund the
supply of vaccine.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Significant impact on communities living or working in two or more wards;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 26/01/2022
This decision will be taken under urgency procedures.
Reason for urgency:
The urgent necessity to respond quickly to the third wave of the virus fuelled by the more transmissable Omicron variant from late November 2021 required urgent decision-making in order to protect the population from the health impacts of the virus. In order to release funds to the Tower Hamlets GP Care Group, who have been delivering vaccinations to the public on behalf of the Council but at their own financial risk, an urgent executive decision is now required.
Decision due: 9 Feb 22 by Cabinet
Lead member: Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Adults, Health and Wellbeing
Lead director: Corporate Director, Health, Adults and Community
Department: Health, Adults and Community
Contact: Warwick Tomsett, Joint Director, Integrated Commissioning Email: warwick.tomsett@towerhamlets.gov.uk.
Consultees
• Vaccination & Systems Pressures
Delivery Group
• The Director of Public Health
• The Director of Integrated Commissioning
• The Head of Procurement
• HA&C Finance Business Partner
• Legal
• Democratic Services
Has an Equality Analysis been carried out and if so the result of this Assessment?: No
What supporting documents or other information will be available?: None
Decisions
Agenda items
- 09/02/2022 - Cabinet Enhanced Community Vaccination Programme – Direct Award 09/02/2022
Documents
- Enhanced Community Vaccination Progamme – Direct Award