Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with the Director of Public Health in York to discuss the local management of covid-19.

While there are no current plans to do so, the Secretary of State regularly meets with regional Directors of Public Health (DsPH) through the Government’s Local Action Committee (LAC) Gold meetings.

Oversight of the ongoing COVID-19 incident response takes place through the Government’s LAC command structure (bronze, silver, gold) where local and regional concerns are escalated, and issues for discussion and decision by ministers across government are taken.

The United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Yorkshire and Humber Health Protection Team meet with the Yorkshire and Humber DsPH on a weekly basis.

Local DsPH have regular engagement with the UKHSA as part of the LAC structure. The UKHSA, National Health Service and the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities regularly meet with the DsPH to advise on local management of COVID-19.