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Pandemic influenza: Guidance for ambulance services and their staff in England
This document provides guidance for ambulance services in England to prepare for, respond to and recover from an influenza pandemic.
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Pandemic influenza: Guidance on preparing acute hospitals in England
This planning document is designed to assist NHS acute trusts and acute foundation trusts (hereafter referred to as ‘trusts’) in developing their plans for responding to an influenza pandemic.
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Responding to pandemic influenza - The ethical framework for policy and planning
Planning for a pandemic, and responding to one while it is happening, involves many difficult decisions. These may create tension between the needs of individuals and the needs of the population.
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Strategic command arrangements for the NHS during a major incident
The purpose of this document is to provide good practice guidance to National Health Service (NHS) organisations regarding command, control and co-ordination arrangements, required in planning, preparing and responding to emergencies. It is intended to provide a platform for allNHS organisations to undertake major incident and emergency planning, and is ...
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NHS emergency planning guidance 2005
The Guidance that follows has been developed with the need to ensure the ability to provide updates, develop new material and provide access to complementary material from other organisations and to share examples of the practice of and approaches to emergency planning from the NHS in England.
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Swine flu: letter to Directors of Adult Social Services
There are some key actions that Directors of Adult Social Services needs to be taking now:1. Continue to raise awareness amongst your staff of the most up-to-date advice and guidance, available on the Department of Health website at www.dh.gov.uk.2. Keep in close contact with your Director of Children’s Services on ...
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Swine flu: letter to Social Care Reference Group
I will be concentrating my efforts on supporting social care by working to: Build capacity and resilience across all sectors; Ensure we are working closely with health colleagues nationally, regionally and locally to increase readiness; Ensure leadership and direction is given to all those involved in the management and delivery ...
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Pandemic influenza: guidance on meeting the needs of those who are or may become vulnerable during the pandemic
The purpose of this guidance is to emphasise the need for vulnerable groups to be taken account of in the pandemic flu plans drawn up by primary care organisations and their partners (NHS trusts, foundation trusts, local authorities and the third sector). The guidance is for England only.
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A (H1N1) Swine Influenza: Launch of the National Pandemic Flu Service
From today, people in England will be able to access swine flu advice and treatment through the National Pandemic Flu Service (NPFS).
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A (H1N1) Swine Influenza: Standing up the National Pandemic Flu Service
In recognition of the increasing levels of flu consultations with GPs and the need to be able to give antivirals to increasing numbers of people quickly, Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham has today agreed to stand up the National Pandemic Flu Service (NPFS).
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Swine flu: from containment to treatment - scientific issues
The antiviral strategy aims to provide prompt treatment for all those with symptoms of A(H1N1) (pandemic swine flu) infection. As well as minimising symptoms and shortening the period for which people are ill, the strategy aims to minimise the risks of people developing complications or dying from A(H1N1) infection.
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Swine flu pandemic: from containment to treatment - guidance for the NHS
This guidance seeks to:provide the NHS with a clear explanation of the rationale for the decision taken on 2nd July 2009 by Health Ministers across the UK to move from containment to treatment nationally;set out clearly the Department of Health’s expectations of the NHS and the roles and responsibilities of ...
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Changed approach to managing the swine flu pandemic
Ministers across the UK have agreed that it is time to move from containment into the treatment phase.
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Swine flu: from containment to treatment
As Swine Flu spreads and more people start to catch it, it makes sense to move from intensive efforts to contain the virus to focusing efforts on treating the increasing number of people who have the disease.
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Pandemic flu: managing demand and capacity in health care organisations (surge)
Preparations for dealing with a surge of patients and service users - and how services and patients are prioritised - need to be developed, agreed and in place amongst all caring agencies before a pandemic strikes. It is important that a common set of prioritisation criteria be used across the ...
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Important information about swine flu
This leaflet contains important information to help you and your family - KEEP IT SAFE