Public Health & Licensing officials in North East Lincolnshire have warned that employers who may be flouting COVID rules could face fines of up to £10,000. North East Lincolnshire Council Officers from Licensing and Public Health issued the warning as the number of fines issued to businesses rose in recent weeks. Under the Health Protection…
3 years ago | Business and investmentAccess to rapid coronavirus tests that give a result within half an hour are being rolled out next week to key workers who have to go out to work despite the current lockdown. Testing centres have been opened at Grimsby Town Hall and the Knoll in Cleethorpes, with plans for a further site in Immingham…
3 years ago | Business and investmentParents who are familiar with the Council’s Health Visiting service will know that the team have had to change the way that they work during the pandemic, to make sure that families continued to receive the appropriate support. The team are now asking parents who have interacted with the service during the coronavirus pandemic to…
3 years ago | Children and familiesOur area is home to thousands of current Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and their families. North East Lincolnshire Council adopted the Armed Forces Covenant in 2011 – a promise by the nation ensuring that those who serve or who have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, are treated fairly, and will not be…
3 years ago | Council information and partnerships‘Stick to the rules so we can emerge from this lockdown safely.’ Those are the words of North East Lincolnshire’s Director of Public Health, Stephen Pintus. Just 10 months on from the Council Public Health chief’s first press conference to address fears of COVID-19 ahead of the first national lockdown, Mr Pintus is once again…
3 years ago | COVID-19
North East Lincolnshire Council’s health visiting and school nursing service have issued an update about how they’re delivering their services during the new national lockdown. Health Visitors: Health visitors will be continuing to offer home visits to all families during lockdown, though some visits such as the 10 month and 2 year reviews will be…
3 years ago | Children and familiesAs the local COVID contact tracing team start work tracing people who are close contacts of people who have had a positive COVID test, one Councillor is warning people to remain vigilant to fraudsters posing as contact tracers. Councillor Ron Shepherd, portfolio holder for safer and stronger communities at North East Lincolnshire Council, said: “We’ve…
3 years ago | Council information and partnershipsA project to ensure care home residents in our patch did not feel lonely or isolated during the height of the COVID pandemic has won an award and recognition from the Young Advisors. The project saw a group of young people in North East Lincolnshire write postcards to a number of care home residents. From…
3 years ago | Children and familiesAfter a challenging year, we are no doubt all hoping and planning for perhaps a slightly different kind of Christmas, in amongst the ongoing coronavirus restrictions and action to stay safe with face coverings, handwashing, distance between us and self isolating. NHS North East Lincolnshire CCG is reminding people what services are available should they…
3 years ago | Health and wellbeingTwo new mobile testing unit sites will be opened in North East Lincolnshire to help detect cases of COVID-19. The two sites, situated in Immingham and Cleethorpes, will make it even easier for people to get a test when they start to experience the symptoms of COVID-19. Grant Street Car Park in Cleethorpes and a…
3 years ago | Health and wellbeing