FLINTSHIRE Council's cabinet will be asked to support a report on full participation in a regional Test, Trace and Protect Programme.

At its monthly meeting on July 14, cabinet will also be asked to approve the proposal that Flintshire County Council acts as the employer for the regional programme on behalf of the six local authorities.

A Test, Trace and Protect (TTP) programme is said to be critical to preventing a second surge in Covid-19, and to planning recovery from this emergency situation.

Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board has formed a specialist regional team to lead TTP drawing on deployed employees, and the six councils have set up local tracing teams by similarly drawing on deployed employees. This is an intermediate model which has been running for five weeks.

The report recommends that the region moves from this unsustainable deployment model to an employment model, to be fully funded by Welsh Government, with Flintshire acting as the single employer for the six local authorities. The Health Board would act as the employer for the regional specialist team.

Welsh Government has confirmed funding to move to the employment model and recruitment for this model is imminent