Wirral West MP Margaret Greenwood A WIRRAL MP has called for clarification on the Government s public health spending plan for next year. In a letter to health secretary Matt Hancock, Margaret Greenwood to seek clarification on the amount of funding local authorities will receive through the public health grant for 2021-22 following an exchange with him in Parliament. On 25 November, as part of the government s Spending Review, it was announced that, Local authority spending through the public health grant will continue to be maintained over the next financial year. That prompted Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy, the President of the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH), to issue a statement saying that: In the current circumstances, and following years of cuts to public health, it is completely incomprehensible that the Government is not increasing the public health grant to local authorities next year.
Most Influential 2020: V-Z
The V-Z section of the list includes Stockton South MP Matt Vickers, Sage founder Graham Wylie and leading figures from the worlds of education, business and the media
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December 11, 2020
Test and trace has been hampered by a failure to draw on international experience and a lack of engagement with public health professionals says Martin McKee
Not for the first time in 2020, the UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s words are coming back to haunt him. Just as he is struggling with the not inconsiderable task of explaining what happened to his “oven ready” free trade deal with the EU, his confident statement to Parliament, in May 2020, that the UK would have a “world beating” test, track, and trace system is being replayed on social media. A new report from the National Audit Office (NAO), published in December 2020, has raised serious questions about both implementation and the choice of delivery model involved in this scheme that has an eye watering budget of £15.1 billion.
Rapid covid testing scheme finally to be rolled out to community in one part of Teesside
It s understood the lateral flow tests - which deliver results in 30 minutes - will be deployed on the estate from Monday
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A community testing scheme to measure the levels of covid-19 in Grangetown will be rolled out next week.