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WQ.448/2023
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES BY DEPUTY A. HOWELL OF ST. JOHN, ST. LAWRENCE AND TRINITY QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 13th NOVEMBER 2023
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 20th NOVEMBER 2023
Question
“Further to her Ministerial comments on P.86/2023, will the Minister provide a breakdown of the 2024 staff funding allocated to Covid-19, including –
- how many full-time equivalent (FTE) posts are included in the funding;
- where any such staff are located; and
- what work they are undertaking;
and if 2024 funding figures are not available, will she provide this information for 2023?” Answer
For HCS, the only Covid-19 funding for 2024 is around PPE provision, and the warehousing & logistics costs around this initiative.
- This includes 1.5 FTE of staffing, with a business case funding value of £73,000 for 2024:
• 1 FTE PPE Administrator; and
• 0.5 FTE Pandemic Stock Lead.
- Five Oaks Medical Supplies Department.
- Management of the Island’s pandemic stock including monitoring lifespan, liaising with Public Health and IPAC colleagues to ensure pandemic stock is fit for purpose, procurement of PPE and other infection prevention equipment/consumables in support of IPAC, and circulating stock through use to avoid write off and disposal where possible.