diff --git a/.github/actions/repo-dispatch/index.js b/.github/actions/repo-dispatch/index.js
index 54d94dbeb..b9859b279 100644
--- a/.github/actions/repo-dispatch/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/repo-dispatch/index.js
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ async function run() {//change function name
     const [owner, repo] = targetRepo.split('/');
     const client = github.getOctokit(token);
 
-    console.log("THIS IS THE OWNER " + owner)
-    console.log("THIS IS THE REPO " + repo)
-    console.log("THIS IS THE EVENT TYPE " + eventType)
-    console.log("THIS IS THE CLIENT PAYLOAD " + clientPayload)
-    
-    console.log("THIS IS THE CLIENT " + JSON.stringify(client))
-    console.log("THIS IS THE CLIENT, rest, repos " + JSON.stringify(client.rest.repos))
     // Send a repository dispatch event to the specified repository
     await client.rest.repos.createDispatchEvent({
       owner, 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cross-repo-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/cross-repo-deploy.yml
index 00c909095..28813dd7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cross-repo-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cross-repo-deploy.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ jobs:
             run: |
               curl -H "Authorization: token $PAT" \
               https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}
+            
+          - name: Check PAT Access to Repository
+            run: |
+              curl -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.PAT }}" \
+                    -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+                    https://api.github.com/repos/UKHSA-Internal/hpod-ukhsa-generate-webform-url-citizen
+            env:
+              PAT: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
 
           # - name: Trigger deployment in another repo
           #   uses: ./.github/actions/repo-dispatch