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Concern had been expressed that posts around the poplar plantation to the to support this work and provide public assurance over the status of the
north-east of Briantspuddle may pose a road safety issue for walkers should a wire pandemic in Dorset and BCP Councils.
fence be erected. It has been confirmed by the landowner that the posts have
been placed purely to mark the boundary, there being no intention to erect a Current position
fence.
1 The Director of Public Health receives information to support surveillance of
In accordance with the Local Government Act 1972 section 137 and section 133, COVID-19 from two main sources:
the Parish Council sets aside a sum of money in its budget each year which can
be applied for by local organisations for projects which will be of benefit to  Public Health England South West Regional Health Protection Team
residents within the Parish. The budget set aside from the precept for 2020/ 21 is
£400. The deadline for applying for these grants has been extended to the end of  daily reports of positive COVID-19 cases received via communicable
September. There is further information and an application form available on the disease notifications. This tells us full postcode, age, gender and test
Briantspuddle Community Website under Council Procedures, Policies, Plans and route
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Registers. Any applications need to be made by 30 September and will be  a daily Alert Table showing the past 5 days’ positive cases from pillar 1
considered at the October Parish Council Meeting. Any awards will be paid and 2 tests. This information is non-identifiable but useful for comparison
following the November Parish Council Meeting. with other areas in the South West.
The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place at 7pm on Wednesday the  Public Health England National Field Epidemiology Service
12th August. Please check the Parish Council section of the Community Website
nearer the time for the agenda and information about how to join the meeting if  weekly reports on total number of positive cases at Upper Tier Local
it is once again to be held remotely. Residents wishing to raise issues may also Authority level from pillar 1 and pillar 2 tests. This checks whether the
contact the Parish Clerk in advance of the meeting if they prefer. pattern exceeds the pattern from the past 10 days

Sue Jones, Chairman  a daily and weekly contact tracing report based on NHS Test and Trace
information showing numbers of positive cases and contacts being
managed, and overall cumulative totals by Upper Tier Local Authority
level.
Affpuddle & Turnerspuddle Parish Council – Contact Details
2 All of these reports are protectively marked Official Sensitive and cannot be
shared with third parties. They are provided by PHE for use by the Director of
Parish Councillor/ Email Address Telephone Public Health to assess the risk from COVID-19, and for assurance purposes.
Clerk number
3 None of the datasets contain patient identifiable, confidential information.
Anna Bendall – Parish Affpuddleandturnerspuddleclerk@outlook.co However, the datasets do contain data fields such as full postcode, age
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and gender. In theory, this could lead to the identification of individuals,
Sue Jones - Chairman Sue.jones@silversands.co.uk 01929 471375 particularly if cases are disclosed in small geographical areas.
Charles Barter – Vice Charles.barter@thewatercresscompany.com 01929 463663 4 It is important to understand the limitations of these datasets. For example,
Chairman under this situation, the Director of Public Health cannot know who the
cases are who have tested positive for COVID-19, nor would we know
Lizzie Guinn lizzieguinn@hotmail.com 01305 848916
anything about the contacts of cases. However, should there be any
Graham Lightfoot glightfoot@glightfoot.plus.com 01929 471498 COVID-19 outbreak in an important setting like a care home or school, the
Director of Public Health would be notified immediately so that we can
Sarah Lowman sarah@keepings.plus.com 01929 472702
support with the management of the outbreak. Further details would be
shared during the management of the outbreak on a need to know basis,
Stuart Chorley Schorley30@gmail.com 01929 472869
but the data is held by Public Health England on their health protection
Trevor Poole Trevorpoole100@hotmail.com 01929 471496 system (HP Zone) and not by the upper Tier Councils. This is to protect
patient confidentiality and comply with data protection law.

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