MAJOR INCIDENT PLAN - NHS Cumbria

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17 MULTI AGENCY MAJOR INCIDENTS (LEVEL III)17.1 North West Ambulance has the specific responsibility for alerting NHS Trusts inCumbria in the event of a civil emergency and / or multi agency major incident being declaredby Cumbria Police. The alerting procedure for NHS Trusts, in the event of a multi agencyMajor Incident is shown in the diagram below:General Public via Media –Initial Public Warning MessageCumbria Fire andRescue ServiceNorth WestAmbulance ServiceMaritime andCoastguard AgencyEnvironmentAgencyCCC EmergencyPlanning UnitPOLICECumbria PrimaryCare TrustC & L HealthProtection UnitDesignated ReceivingHospital(s)North CumbriaUniversity HospitalsNHS TrustUniversity HospitalsMorecambe Bay NHSTrustCumbria PartnershipNHS FoundationTrustCumbria Out of HoursServiceNHS North West (SHA)Director of PublicHealth (Public HealthRota)British TransportPoliceDistrict Council(Hosting Incident)18 NOTIFICATION OF NHS ORGANISATIONS18.1 Relevant contact details for the following organisations can be found in Part B, Section3, of this Plan; ‘NHS Cumbria Emergency Communications Directory’.NHS CUMBRIAMAJOR INCIDENT PLAN – FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONDING TO A MAJOR INCIDENTPAGE 32 OF 46Version 3 (Dec 2008)
NHS NORTH WEST (STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY) (NHS NW)18.2 The NHS North West Strategic Health Authority should be notified by contacting theNHS North West (SHA) Director On-Call.CUMBRIA AND LANCASHIRE HEALTH PROTECTION AGENCY (C&L HPA)18.3 C & L Health Protection Unit is notified of a major incident by North West AmbulanceService. It is not a designated responsibility for NHS Cumbria to alert the HPA of a majorincident, however, it maybe considered good practice to make contact with the local HealthProtection Unit.CUMBRIA OUT OF HOURS SERVICES (OOH SERVICES)18.4 The primary role of the Cuedoc and Baycall services would be to continue to managethe primary care out of hours workload that would continue despite the major incident. If itwas necessary Cuedoc or Baycall would relocate to an appropriate General Practice surgery.Any other deployment of community services, in response to specific requests from the MajorIncident Control Room will be managed by NHS Cumbria Incident Manager.18.5 In the event of a major incident, the OOH Services will be notified by NHS Cumbria. Inthe event of a Major Incident the OOH Services will:• Continue to provide out of hours primary care to residents in Cumbria• Help with whatever emergency input out of hours primary care can make to the handling ofthe major incidentDetails of the OOH Services response to a Major Incident are contained in Baycall and Cuedoc’sMajor Incident Plans, which can be found on NHS Cumbria Intranet.UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS MORECAMBE BAY NHS TRUST, ANDNORTH CUMBRIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST18.6 During the early stages of an incident, NW Ambulance Services will alert thedesignated receiving hospitals. NHS Cumbria will, in addition, alert both North CumbriaUniversity Hospitals NHS Trust and University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Trust that amajor incident has occurred. It may also be necessary, due to the ongoing impact of theincident, to consider notifying cross border Acute Trust and specialist hospitals.CUMBRIA PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST18.7 Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust will continue to support vulnerable andhigh risk individuals by maintaining essential services. The Partnership Trust will provideemotional support and specialist psychological advice and intervention as needed and willwork with and support agencies as requested.NHS CUMBRIAMAJOR INCIDENT PLAN – FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONDING TO A MAJOR INCIDENTPAGE 33 OF 46Version 3 (Dec 2008)
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