Surge And Rapid Response Team

The service is for the provision of surge and rapid response support to Local Authorities in response to Covid 19.

The service is to provide support to Directors of Public Health (DsPH) and Regional Partnership Teams (RPT) in preparing for, and responding to, Covid-19 outbreaks. The support is to be mobilised and deployed nationally, at short notice, and at scale, for: pre-emptive planning, response management, deployment of response teams, performance improvement and voluntary sector coordination. The service is to provide advanced rapid response management drawing on experience gained in other response activities, probably in international disaster response, and demonstrate an ability to draw together national assets to work alongside local capabilities and working to locally directed priorities.

The service is to provide rapid and surge response service individuals and teams who can respond quickly, to uncertain situations and work across a range of scenarios.