Coronavirus (COVID-19)—report outlines lessons learnt and good practice

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The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has published a report outlining the lessons learnt and good practice following the Leicestershire experience of responding to local outbreaks of coronavirus (COVID-19). The information detailed in the report was drawn from Dame Mary Ney’s work, which involved conversations with key players at all five local authorities within the Leicester City/Leicestershire area. Some of the learning points outlined in the report include: councils exercising local outbreaks scenarios to ensure that they are well prepared, ongoing work is required to improve the testing data available, and the management and effectiveness of announcements of changes in local restrictions could be improved by the use of a checklist of requirements. Additionally, the ministerial response addresses how these learning and good practice measures will be used in the future.