Agenda item

18.1

The report which gave a short summary of the key points of the 2023 Director of Public Health (DPH) report for Sheffield, focussing on the collected learning of the city and the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, was presented by Greg Fell (Director of Public Health, Sheffield City Council) and Chris Gibbons (Public Health Principal, Sheffield City Council).

18.2

As well as summarising the main lessons learned as set out in the report, Chris Gibbons emphasised the importance of preparing for the next pandemic with these lessons in mind.   He also asked the Board to recognise the enormous contribution that Louise Brewins had made in setting up the surveillance programme that made the report and many of the lessons learned possible.  The Chair agreed that Louise’s death had been a massive loss, and she had made a huge contribution to the city’s response to the pandemic.

18.3

RESOLVED: That the Sheffield Health and Wellbeing Board:

(a)  Notes the publication of the report, and notes that it will be circulated to a range of stakeholders in Sheffield and beyond; and

(b)  Notes the main lessons and three key points set out in the report.