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Key messages
- The testing facility at the Friendship Café on Painswick Road, Gloucester has been supporting surrounding neighbourhoods for more than a week and is getting positive feedback from those who have been tested at the centre. With the centre up and running and operating well, testing is now being offered to those right across Gloucester, who even during this national lockdown, are still having to leave home for work or caring responsibilities.
- The testing being offered uses Lateral Flow Devices, which are designed for people not showing any symptoms (asymptomatic), and want to be tested on an ongoing basis to have greater confidence that they are not unknowingly infecting family members or work colleagues.
- The site will be open 8am – 7pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday. Testing is by appointment only. For more information or to book a test visit the county council’s dedicated testing web page.
- A new dedicated COVID-19 vaccination update page has been set up on our GCC website, including details on the roll out to social care staff.
- Numbers published today, 21 January, by NHS show Gloucestershire has vaccinated more people than anywhere else! Amazing effort from our NHS friends. See full information on these statistics the NHS website.
Mobile Testing Unit (MTU) locations⁶:
- Dursley Rugby Club, Hounds Green, Dursley GL11 6AJ (21 January)
- Sudeley Castle, Castle Street, Winchcombe, GL54 5JD (21 January)
- Dursley Rugby Club, Hounds Green, Dursley GL11 6AJ (22 January)
- Sudeley Castle, Castle Street, Winchcombe, GL54 5JD (22 January)
- Royal Agricultural University, Stroud Road, Cirencester, GL7 6JS (23 January)
- University Of Gloucestershire, Entrance 3, Park Campus, The Park, Cheltenham, GL50 2RH (23 January)
- Royal Agricultural University, Stroud Road, Cirencester, GL7 6JS (24 January)
- University Of Gloucestershire, Entrance 3, Park Campus, The Park, Cheltenham, GL50 2RH (24 January)
- Stratford Park Leisure Centre, Stratford Road, Stroud, GL5 4AF (25 January)
- Cinderford RFC, Dockham Rd, Cinderford GL14 2AQ (25 January)
- Stratford Park Leisure Centre, Stratford Road, Stroud, GL5 4AF (26 January)
- Cheltenham North RFC, Stoke Orchard Road, Bishops Cleeve, GL52 7DG (26 January)
- Stow RFC, Oddington Road, Stow on the Wold, GL54 1JJ (27 January)
- Tewkesbury RFC, Gander Lane, Tewkesbury, GL20 5PG (27 January)
- Dursley Rugby Club, Hounds Green, Dursley GL11 6AJ (28 January)
- Tewkesbury RFC, Gander Lane, Tewkesbury, GL20 5PG (28 January)
- Dursley Rugby Club, Hounds Green, Dursley GL11 6AJ (29 January)
- Sudeley Castle, Castle Street, Winchcombe, GL54 5JD (29 January)
- University Of Gloucestershire, Entrance 3, Park Campus, The Park, Cheltenham, GL50 2RH (30 January)
- University Of Gloucestershire, Entrance 3, Park Campus, The Park, Cheltenham, GL50 2RH (31 January)
- Hartpury University & Hartpury College, Gloucester, GL19 3BE (31 January)
National updates
- National lockdown: Stay at Home
- More than 4 million people receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in UK
- More than a third of over 80s vaccinated against COVID-19
- COVID-19 vaccines rolled out to people aged 70 years and over from today (18 Jan)
- National free school meals voucher scheme opens to orders
- Social care sector to receive £269 million to boost staffing levels and testing
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Your questions answered
To make sure your questions get answered promptly by the team, please continue to send your questions directly to democratic.services@gloucestershire.gov.uk
¹ The above data reflects nationally published data available here.
² This section contains information on deaths of patients who have died in hospitals in Gloucestershire and had tested positive for Covid-19 at time of death or where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. All deaths are recorded against the date of death rather than the date the deaths were announced. It is based on national NHS data published here.
³ Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales for which data are available. From 31 March 2020 these figures also show the number of deaths involving coronavirus (Covid-19), based on any mention of Covid-19 on the death certificate. Figures by place of death may differ to previously published figures due to improvements in the way we code place of death. This figure does not include deaths of those resident outside England and Wales or those records where the place of residence is either missing or not yet fully coded. For this reason counts may differ to published figures when summed. Bank Holidays could affect the number of registrations made within those weeks.
⁴ Care homes vary in size and in the characteristics of their residents. Outbreak data is also being reported publicly here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/covid-19-number-of-outbreaks-in-care-homes-management-information. The figures here are slightly lower than our local figures due to a time lag. The number of cases (confirmed or suspected) has not been reported due to limitations in data accuracy which means comparison is not possible. This information is being used for operational purposes. As testing in care homes increases we will review whether adding this information will add additional strategic insight.
⁵ CQC publish figures on deaths where Covid-19 was suspected in the notification from the care home, as well as all cause mortality (since 10 April 2020). It is probable that not all deaths due to Covid-19 will be notified as such, conversely Covid-19 may be mentioned but not have been a contributory factor in a death). While CQC numbers are more comprehensive than local reporting, they are not currently reported by district council.
⁶ Please note that there is a possibility of last minute changes if the MTU’s are diverted to assist with outbreak control both in this county or elsewhere.
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