Facilities to Support NHS Lanarkshire Vaccination Programme
North Lanarkshire Council · 16 March 2023
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North Lanarkshire Council Report Policy and Strategy Committee Does this report require to be approved? ☒ Yes ☐ No Ref AMcP Date 16/03/23 Facilities to Support NHS Lanarkshire Vaccination Programme From Andrew McPherson, Chief Officer (Community Operations) Email mcphersona@northlan.gov.uk Telephone 07939 280467 1. Background 1.1 Since the commencement of the COVID vaccination programme the Council has supported NHS Lanarkshire through the provision of three main vaccination facilities: • The Link Community Centre, Cumbernauld. • Airdrie Town Hall, Airdrie. • Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, Motherwell 1.2 The provision of these facilities was delivered on the principle of no financial detriment to the Council and allowed the delivery of a mass vaccination programme which has allowed the control of the COVID virus and a return to a sense of normality. Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to provide details of the support that could be offered to NHS Lanarkshire in support of their overall vaccination programme up to and including 31st December 2023. Recommendations It is recommended that Committee: (1) Supports the proposals as outlined within paragraph 2.3 which will allow continued support of the vaccination programme within Lanarkshire. The Plan for North Lanarkshire Priority Improve the health and wellbeing of our communities Ambition statement (14) Ensure the highest standards of public protection
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1.3 The Council has now been approached by NHS Lanarkshire looking to extend the use of the facilities to not only deliver the COVID vaccination programme but to assist with the overall vaccination programme for Lanarkshire. 2. Report 2.1 The most recent request from NHS Lanarkshire was for the continued use of the three facilities not only for the COVID programme but to support the full vaccination programme for the health board area. Although there was a commitment to provide the facilities until the end of January 2023, a further request was received to extend the use of the facilities from April – June and then again from September – December with the suggestion that they would vacate the facilities during the down time: February, March, July and August. 2.2 Whilst there was a sympathy with the position of the health boards and their need to have facilities of sufficient size to deliver large scale vaccination programmes, the proposal as suggested above provided several operational issues for the council: • The ‘stand up/ stand down’ arrangement will impact significantly in booking arrangements for both Facilities Support and Active and Creative Communities Services as there could only be a commitment to provide short term bookings. • We have seen in the past that although there is a requirement for certain periods of time, this can change significantly in a very short period of time which again impacts on any planning for the Services. • The intermittent periods of use will have a negative impact on the overall income potential of the facilities during those months when they are available. • Increasing pressure from community groups and members of the public for the reinstatement of the facilities to their original use. 2.3 Taking the above factors into consideration, the offer made to NHS Lanarkshire was as follows: • That the existing facilities would be provided for full and exclusive use by the health board until the 31st December 2023 but without interruption. • That the provision of the facilities would be provided on the principle of no financial detriment to the Council. • That this arrangement ceases on the 1st January 2024 with all facilities repurposed back to full council use from the same date. • That going forward, continued assistance would be offered to the health board to assist in seeking out appropriate vaccination facilities across the Lanarkshire area. This may include other Council facilities not currently needed for operational use and any assistance would be on the same basis as any other external organisation hiring/ purchasing any council facility. 2.4 Confirmation has now been received from NHS Lanarkshire that they are in agreement with the terms detailed in 2.3 above and accordingly it is recommended that this approach is approved.
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3. Measures of success 3.1 Delivery of an effective vaccination programme for Lanarkshire residents. 3.2 More effective use of Council assets. Andrew McPherson Chief Officer (Community Operations)
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5. Impacts ( http://connect/report-template-guidance ) 5.1 Public Sector Equality Duty and Fairer Scotland Duty Does the report contain information that has an impact as a result of the Public Sector Equality Duty and/or Fairer Scotland Duty? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? If Yes, has an assessment been carried out and published on the council’s website? https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/your-community/equalities/equality- and-fairer-scotland-duty-impact-assessments Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.2 Financial impact Does the report contain any financial impacts? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, have all relevant financial impacts have been discussed and agreed with Financial Solutions? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Any agreement with NHS Lanarkshire would be based on the previously agreed principle of no financial detriment. 5.3 HR policy impact Does the report contain any HR policy or procedure impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant HR impacts have been discussed and agreed with People and Organisational Development? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.4 Legal impact Does the report contain any legal impacts (such as general legal matters, statutory considerations (including employment law considerations), or new legislation)? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant legal impacts have been discussed and agreed with Legal and Democratic Solutions? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.5 Data protection impact Does the report / project / practice contain or involve the processing of personal data? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, is the processing of this personal data likely to result in a high risk to the data subject? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, has a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) been carried out and e- mailed to dataprotection@northlan.gov.uk Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.6 Technology / Digital impact
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Does the report contain information that has an impact on either technology, digital transformation, service redesign / business change processes, data management, or connectivity / broadband / Wi-Fi? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Where the impact identifies a requirement for technology, has an assessment been carried out (or scheduled) by the Enterprise Architecture Governance Group (EAGG)? Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.7 Environmental / Carbon impact Does the report / project / practice contain information that has an impact on any environmental or carbon matters? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.8 Communications impact Does the report contain any information that has an impact on the council’s communications activities? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.9 Risk impact Is there a risk impact? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the key risks and potential impacts, highlighting where the risk(s) are assessed and recorded (e.g. Corporate or Service or Project Risk Registers), and how they are managed? 5.10 Armed Forces Covenant Duty Does the report require to take due regard of the Armed Forces Covenant Duty (i.e. does it relate to healthcare, housing, or education services for in-Service or ex- Service personnel, or their families, or widow(er)s)? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the provision which has been made to ensure there has been appropriate consideration of the particular needs of the Armed Forces community to make sure that they do not face disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public services.