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Urgent appeal for Personal Protective Equipment
Surrey County Council is appealing to businesses for vital personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies to help protect frontline workers delivering essential services to Surrey residents during Covid-19. As the nation faces unprecedented demand for PPE, there is a very limited supply coming into the county for social workers, care home staff, firefighters and volunteers, with … Continue reading
Headley Court to serve as a temporary community hospital for Surrey Heartlands
Partners across Surrey are working together to plan and manage our response to the growing coronavirus pandemic. Part of this response has been to develop plans for an additional community-style hospital to deal with increasing patient numbers as this situation develops. Headley Court will now re-open and serve as a temporary community hospital. Leader of … Continue reading
Food deliveries begin from Spectrum Centre hub to most vulnerable residents
Food parcels are starting to be delivered from a Surrey hub to vulnerable people who are shielding from coronavirus. Guildford’s Spectrum Leisure Centre has been turned into a base for sending out food supplies on behalf of the Government to hundreds of people who are extremely vulnerable to Covid-19 due to medical conditions. An army … Continue reading
Surrey Fire and Rescue implements plans to modernise
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service implements its Making Surrey Safer Plan this week which will see significantly more resources dedicated to preventing emergencies. A detailed risk analysis using data from 999 calls over the past 5 years and intelligence about the areas of highest risk in Surrey showed that the service had additional resources available … Continue reading
Latest service updates from Surrey County Council
A number of Surrey County Council’s services are now impacted by the coronavirus outbreak, and government guidance to slow its spread, protecting vulnerable people and key services and workers. Tim Oliver, Leader of Surrey County Council, said: “These are unprecedented times, and it calls for unprecedented action. We all must do everything we can to … Continue reading
AUDIO: Council Leader Tim Oliver speaks to BBC Surrey about Coronavirus
Surrey County Council Leader Tim Oliver speaks to BBC Surrey to provide an update on the response to COVID-19 and pay tribute to dedicated frontline staff. – Audio courtesy of BBC Surrey.
Surrey Local Resilence Forum steps up Coronavirus response with Major Incident declaration
As the nation continues to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak, the Surrey Local Resilience Forum (LRF) is now responding to pandemic as a major incident – to formalise and better support the partnership working that has already been occurring between local councils, health partners and emergency services. The response to the incident is being co-ordinated … Continue reading
Surrey County Council launches new helpline to coordinate Coronavirus efforts
Surrey County Council has set up a Community Helpline number (0300 200 1008). The purpose of the community phone line is to help direct residents who need support, such as picking up shopping, prescription collections or having someone who can be a telephone friend, to services who can help. It also aims to provide advice … Continue reading
VIDEO: Council Leader Tim Oliver addresses the meeting of Full Council, outlining the response to Coronavirus
In the speech to Full Council, leader Tim Oliver acknowledged that “we are in the midst of a public health emergency, one that will test our resilience as an organisation and will need strong leadership to guide us through.” The leader praised the work already taking place in Surrey to deal with the impact of … Continue reading
Surrey MPs support ambitious tree planting initiative to combat climate change
Last week, MPs from across Surrey took time out to mark Surrey Tree Week by planting trees in their local constituencies. This was organised in support of Surrey County Council’s commitment to facilitate planting 1.2 million trees in Surrey within the county by 2030. Planting trees is an effective way to improve air quality, reduce … Continue reading
Update: Statement on Coronavirus cases in Surrey
Dr Alison Barnett, Centre Director, Public Health England South East, said: “We can today confirm that two further cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Surrey. This brings the total number of cases in the county to four. “Both new cases are people who have recently travelled to an affected area abroad, and they are … Continue reading
Surrey drug and alcohol service earns national recognition
Putting resident feedback at the heart of redesigning a drug and alcohol treatment service has earned Surrey partners national recognition. The team behind the i-access service – a partnership between Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey County Council and Catalyst, a specialist non-profit organisation – were finalists at the Health Service Journal Partnership … Continue reading
Director of Public Health speaks to BBC Surrey about coronavirus
Surrey County Council’s Interim Director of Public Health, Ruth Hutchinson spoke this morning to BBC Surrey about the current situation in Surrey regarding the coronavirus. Ruth said that for most of the population in Surrey, the current situation was “low risk”, and re-emphasised the Public Health England advice that “you should go about your normal … Continue reading
Joint statement on coronavirus cases in Surrey and West Sussex
This afternoon the Chief Medical Officer for England announced three further patients who were “close contacts of a known case”, had tested positive for COVID-19. These relate to a man who tested positive in Surrey on Friday 28 February so brings the total number of confirmed cases in Surrey to two. We can also confirm … Continue reading
Coronavirus update from Surrey’s Director of Public Health
Ruth Hutchinson, Interim Director of Public Health for Surrey County Council, said: “I have spoken to colleagues at Public Health England this morning and will remain in continuous contact while we manage the situation in Surrey. “PHE updated me on their work and steps they have taken since the case was confirmed. They are already … Continue reading
Information on Coronavirus in Surrey
