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DDL search listings: Local contact tracing: Leicester
Leicester never really left lockdown. In late June it had the highest rate of positive cases in the country so just before the re-opening of restaurants, bars and hairdressers on 4 July it was...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Local contact tracing: Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is home to nearly 1.2 million people. It has had relatively low rates of infection, but like many areas saw cases start to climb quite significantly in the autumn. This case study...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Local contact tracing: Calderdale
Faced with high rates of infection in the summer, Calderdale developed a local contact tracing service in partnership with and as part of NHS Test and Trace, which went live in the middle of...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Local contact tracing: Blackpool
Blackpool’s contact tracing service went live at the start of September after only a few weeks of planning and preparation by the public health team. This case study is part of a series on...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Local contact tracing: Birmingham
Birmingham has its own Test and Trace team, which has a variety of roles from data analysis and complex contact tracing to communications and community engagement. This case study is part of a...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Community testing in Wirral
Wirral’s Community Testing case study provides an overview of the significant local achievement to mobilise four Community Testing sites within a week, helping to reduce the transmission of...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Community testing in Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, working with South Tees public health team, set up a rapid testing centre at a community hub to engage people from a local neighbourhood.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Community testing in Kirklees
Kirklees was part of the early wave of areas to put itself forward for community testing.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Community testing in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire created a mobile rapid testing service by converting two buses into lateral flow testing units.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Community testing in Calderdale
Calderdale started piloting the use of lateral flow tests in education settings at the start of December.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Community testing in North Somerset
North Somerset council started offering rapid testing at the area’s main college – Weston College in early December.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Community testing in Hackney and City of London
The London borough of Hackney and City of London Corporation launched a rapid testing centre in December alongside other north east London boroughs.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Community testing in Luton
We are incredibly proud of the rapid test centres. Their success is down to the participation of our community, who value the service highly, and the brilliant staff.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Rapid testing in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Council set up a rapid testing centre at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester in early December, before launching one in the community.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Community testing in Waltham Forest
Local testing and stopping the spread of the virus through communities is key to protecting the public’s safety and wellbeing. Community testing in Waltham Forest offers rapid, lateral flow...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Rapid testing in Boston
Set up two ‘rapid’ community testing sites in Boston to help reduce the spread of Covid-19 in residents who are asymptomatic.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Community testing in Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton opened its first rapid testing centre in November and now has a network of seven across the city, using a hub and spoke approach.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Surge testing in Norfolk
The Government announced that surge testing was to take place in Norfolk on Tuesday 16 February. The testing started the following day focussing on the market towns of Diss and Roydon, which...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Surge testing in Ealing Council
Ealing Council was among the first wave of councils asked to do surge testing after a case of the South African variant that could not be directly linked to travel was identified.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Surge testing in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire was part of the first wave of eight council who were asked to carry out surge testing from February. One case of the South African variant that could not be linked back to travel...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Surge testing in Bristol and South Gloucestershire
Surge testing started in parts of Bristol and South Gloucestershire in February after 11 cases of the UK variant with E484K mutation were identified as part of routine sampling.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Surge testing in Manchester
Manchester City Council introduced mobile testing units in five locations across the two areas and an asymptomatic rapid testing site at Moss Side Leisure Centre was converted into a PCR...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Surge testing in Walsall
Walsall council used mobile testing and adapted their approach to reach different groups.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council: Community centred approaches to COVID-19
The aim of the community centred programme is to increase the take-up of COVID testing and vaccine offer across Bradford in areas with low acceptance rates.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough: working with the whole community
The councils are working closely with a network of community champions, faith groups and voluntary and community organisations to spread key messages.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Kirklees council: 'We've set up free transport service to get frail residents to vaccination clinics'
Kirklees council has worked in a variety of ways to provide support to the vaccination programme, involving a range of different teams from public health to the communications and IT teams.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Birmingham City Council: Training community champions to address vaccine concerns
There are more than 20 local vaccination clinics in Birmingham. Most are at GP and health centres, although church facilities have been used too. There is a mass vaccination centre at...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Warrington Borough Council: ‘Everyone is pulling together’
Warrington Borough Council has been working closely with the NHS since the start of the pandemic – on everything from outbreak management to contact tracing and vaccinations.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Gateshead council: Using the making every contact count approach
Gateshead's Queen Elizabeth Hospital is part of the network of vaccination hubs. There are also five local vaccination centres, while Gateshead residents also have access to the mass...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Sandwell Council: Creating an army of vaccine advocates
Sandwell has a network of community leaders to promote vaccination; follow-up calls are also being made to those who refuse a jab; early data suggests there is little difference in uptake...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Swindon council: ‘We’ve used our iconic steam museum to vaccinate’
The council-owned railway museum, Steam, has been turned into a mass vaccination centre for the town.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; St Albans city and district council: 'We helped the NHS set up a vaccination centre in a disused nightclub'
St Albans city and district council helped the NHS set up a much-needed vaccination centre in a building which until December, was operating as a nightclub.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Sheffield City Council: Dealing with the logistics so NHS can focus on the jabs
The council has played a crucial role in helping keep vaccination centres running and taking responsibility for many of the logistical issues so NHS staff can concentrate on giving vaccines.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Wigan council: We used flu jab to trial-run covid clinics
There are four local vaccination centres in the Wigan borough. Two are run from leisure centres, one from a community centre and the fourth at a conference centre. A local pharmacy has also...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Cheshire West and Chester Council: Partnership working
Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWaC) have been providing ongoing support for the pre-planning of Primary Care Network (PCN) sites and the roll-out of all COVID-19 vaccination sites across...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Bury council: Making sure vulnerable groups are not left behind
Bury set up an uptake and inequalities task group, composed of council, NHS, HealthWatch and voluntary sector representatives to make sure vulnerable groups do not get left behind in the...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Portsmouth City Council: Taking vaccines out to the homeless
The NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Covid Vaccination Programme, which incorporates local government public health representation, has set up an inequalities sub-group to its strategic board,...

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Lewisham: Interactive webinars prove to be an effective way of encouraging vaccine confidence
Lewisham focussed on gathering intelligence about vaccination concerns through a survey sent to residents in January, to help it tailor its messaging and communications.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

0; Somerset County Council: running outreach clinics for the homeless
At the start of the pandemic the council set up a homelessness cell - which led to many rough sleepers being encouraged off the streets and into accommodation.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 15 mai 2023 |

Type: Case study

0; Bristol City Council: bridging the gap between NHS and community
The council has worked closely with the local community since the start of the vaccination programme to encourage good uptake.

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Par: Caitlin Corley |

Dernière mise à jour: 23 août 2021 |

Type: Case study

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