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BRIANTSPUDDLE AND AFFPUDDLE
Next steps
1 There is work ongoing to develop dashboards showing Pillar 1 and Pillar 2
test results for local areas, including using post coded data to illustrate NEWS
numbers and rates of positive cases at UTLA and small area level. This
dashboard is in the process of being launched this week, via NHS Digital.
AFFPUDDLE AND TURNERSPUDDLE PARISH
2 Data sharing agreements have also been signed between the Director of COUNCIL
Public Health on behalf of BCP and Dorset Councils, and Public Health
England in the past week. This will enable the team to receive personal
level, confidential patient information about COVID-19 cases to support
ongoing outbreak management and response. The Parish Council meeting on 8th July was once again held remotely in order to
comply with Government social distancing guidance. Until restrictions around
3 In addition the Director of Public Health has asked the regional Public movement and public gatherings are lifted, the Parish Council will be holding all
Health England health protection team to undertake a validation meetings remotely.
exercise with NHS Test and Trace to obtain the outcome information for all
of the positive COVID-19 cases in Dorset and BCP Councils over the past The Parish Council welcomes plans which will see The Briantspuddle Community
two weeks. This is to ensure that we can be confident in the level of Complex start to re-open as Government restrictions begin to ease. This will be a
contact tracing undertaken by NHS Test and Trace, and that any welcome return to a more normal community life. Councillors are of course
aware that the pandemic has restricted its tenant’s ability to operate normally. In
significant, complex cases are being escalated appropriately to the response to this situation at its July meeting Councillor’s agreed to offer a rent
regional health protection team.
holiday to all of its tenants for the annual rental period 2020/21.
4 It is important to be clear that the DPH will not be able to share any
personal level data from this exercise, but will aim to provide a short An article in the June edition of
summary that sets out the completeness of follow up of cases and this magazine sought to
contacts being managed by NHS Test and Trace. highlight the need for residents
i n t h e P i d d l e V a l l e y

Conservation Area to obtain
Summary permission before carrying out
work to trees on their land.
1 Directors of Public Health have been receiving regular data from PHE
detailing the numbers of positive cases from Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 in their Reference was made to the
populations for some time. incorrect advice given by
Dorset Council to one resident,
2 They have also received a number of surveillance reports so we can see that permission to fell a tree was
whether the local pattern of cases is in line with the recent trend, and for not needed. This mistake is
comparison with other areas in the South West. This means that although being investigated by the Tree
the Director of Public Health may know how many cases and contacts Officer. In the article it was
there are in their population, they could not legally know exactly who stated that a tree had been
these people are. If an outbreak occurred, we would work through Public felled in Affpuddle before consent had been obtained. The Parish Council has
Health England to respond. been made aware that in fact the tree had been cut three quarters of the way
though the trunk, at which point the landowner was made aware of the need to
3 The situation is ever evolving as new data becomes available. Following apply for consent and contacted Dorset Council. Permission was subsequently
the signing of data sharing agreements for both councils, the Director of given under section 206 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to complete
Public Health will shortly be able to receive additional personal level the felling. Councillors welcome the opportunity to provide this clarification.
confidential information on COVID-19 cases to support ongoing outbreak
management and response.

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