RE:SILIENT has been contracted by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to provide specialist Surge Rapid Response Teams (SRRT) to support local authorities that need additional capabilities or capacity to respond to Covid outbreaks, or to assist with vaccination campaigns.

SRRT capabilities include:

• Pre-emptive planning. Support pre-emptive planning and preparation, at national, regional and local levels, to ensure rapid and effective outbreak response strategies as part of the NCRC response operation.
• Response management. Provide ‘in-house’ advanced rapid response management in a multi-agency environment, working closely to support Directors of Public Health (DsPH) and local authorities with planning, coordination and managing of key priorities. 
• Response teams. Maintain a flexible organisation which allows teams to be mobilised and deployed across England at short notice and at pace and scale to mitigate any short-term shortages of capacity.    
• Performance improvement and learning lessons. Support cross-departmental working in regional and local authorities to resolve issues quickly and improve performance; identify and promote best practice in dealing with the pandemic.
• Contingent capability. Maintain a contingent capability to deliver rapid surge support, as and when required.
• Voluntary sector coordination. Work with volunteer groups and frameworks to support LAs in mobilising volunteers in support of surge activity.