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NHS emergency planning guidance 2005
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Document type:Publication
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Author:Department of Health. Emergency Preparedness Division
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Published date:13 October 2005
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Primary audience:Health and social care professionals
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Publication format:Electronic only
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Gateway reference:5638
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Pages:47
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Supersedes/replaces:
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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.
- Download NHS Emergency Planning Guidance 2005 (PDF, 125K)
- Download Acronyms (PDF, 21K)
- Download Glossary (PDF, 63K)
- Download Bibliography (PDF, 63K)
- Download Underpinning material: Acute trusts and foundation trusts (PDF, 52K)
- Download Underpinning material: Ambulance services (PDF, 56K)
- Download Underpinning material: Immediate medical care at the scene (PDF, 35K)
- Download Underpinning material: Non acute and specialist trusts (PDF, 19K)
- Download Underpinning material: Primary care organisations (PDF, 38K)
- Download Underpinning material: Strategic health authorities (PDF, 36K)
- Download Diagram: Overall structure (PDF, 18K)
- Download Diagram: Strategic health authority led incident (PDF, 29K)
- Download Diagram: Primary care trust led incident (PDF, 27K)
- Download Diagram: National / regional incident (PDF, 29K)
NHS guidance - incidents involving radioactivity
This guidance provides advice to help those involved in a health response to plan effectively for emergencies involving radiation.
See also:
- Strategic command arrangements for the NHS during a major incident
- NHS Emergency Planning Guidance 2005: Planning for the management of blast injured patients
- NHS Emergency Planning Guidance 2005: Planning for the management of burn-injured patients in the event of a major incident
- NHS Emergency Planning Guidance 2005: underpinning materials - critical care contingency planning in the event of an emergency where the numbers of patients substantially exceeds normal critical care capacity
Contact information
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Contact:Head of Emergency Preparedness
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Address:Department of Health
Room 172 Richmond Ho
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NS
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