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NHS emergency planning guidance 2005

  • Document type:
    Publication
  • Author:
    Department of Health. Emergency Preparedness Division
  • Published date:
    13 October 2005
  • Primary audience:
    Health and social care professionals
  • Publication format:
    Electronic only
  • Gateway reference:
    5638
  • Pages:
    47
  • Supersedes/replaces:
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

The purpose of the guidance is to describe a set of general principles to guide all NHS organisations in developing their ability to respond to a major incident or incidents and to manage recovery whether the incident or incidents has effects locally, regionally, or nationally, within the context of the requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.

NHS guidance - incidents involving radioactivity

This guidance provides advice to help those involved in a health response to plan effectively for emergencies involving radiation.

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  • Contact:
    Head of Emergency Preparedness
  • Address:
    Department of Health
    Room 172 Richmond Ho
    79 Whitehall
    London
    SW1A 2NS
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