Under the Civil Contingencies Act (2004), ‘category one’ responders, including:
must show that they are working with other responders to:
and that they can manage incidents events while maintaining services to patients.
NHS England Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) guidance sets out how NHS England service providers must prepare for and respond to incidents which threaten the delivery of key services.
The Emergency Preparedness Department is responsible for ensuring the Trust has robust plans in place.
These plans will enable it to continue to provide its key services during times of disruption and / or surge in demand for services.
These can be found on the Trust Intranet within the EQMS Folder and include but are not limited to:
• Business Continuity Management
• Chemical and Biological Decontamination - See video by clicking on this link: Initial Operational Response
• Cold Weather
• Heat Wave
• Fuel Disruption
• Major Incident Plan (External)
They can also be accessed via the Trust EPRR SharePoint site.
Departmental Business Continuity Plans can be found on the Trust Business Continuity SharePoint site.
The Trust has statutory and non-statutory obligations it must comply with in this area, namely:
The Emergency Preparedness Department is responsible for ensuring the Trust has robust plans in place.
These plans will enable it to continue to provide its key services during times of disruption and / or surge in demand for services.
The Trust has statutory and non-statutory obligations it must comply with in this area, namely:
Download a free emergency services aide-memoire for incident management here
For further information regarding our services, please contact:
Head of Emergency Preparedness: Craig Jones
Telephone: 0151 706 5445