MAJOR INCIDENT PLAN - NHS Cumbria

SECTION 6 ESTABLISHING A MAJOR INCIDENT TEAM28 NHS GOLD COMMANDER28.1 To assist the NHS Gold Commander in their role, an NHS Gold Control Team will beconvened, this team may comprise of the following:• Chief Executive/Gold on Call Manager – NHS Gold Commander• Director of Public Health or nominated Deputy• Communications Lead• Emergency Planning LeadAction Cards contained in Part B of this Plan outline the roles and responsibilities formembers of the NHS Gold Control Team.28.2 The NHS Gold Commander will appoint a Communications Lead to liaise on all mediaenquiries. The NHS Cumbria Communication Strategy will be implemented for the duration ofa major incident (see Para 34).28.3 The NHS Gold Commander will ensure that arrangements are in place to monitor thelength of time staff have been working, offer relief for all grades of staff and identify staffnecessary to assist with incident response.29 NHS CUMBRIA INCIDENT CONTROL ROOM TEAM29.1 NHS Cumbria Incident Control Room Team will comprise of the following (as aminimum):• Incident Manager (Silver on call rota)• Senior Clinical Manager• Incident Administrator• Support staff as necessary29.2 Different incidents will require different staff and skills to be employed in the IncidentRoom. In addition, representation from the following may also be required:• NHS Cumbria Locality General Manager (local to incident)• Emergency Planning Officer• Public Health Coordinator• Primary Care Coordinator• Heads of Department as required• Acute Trust• Cumbria Partnership• Other organisations can be requested29.3 Log sheets will be available for each team member and must be completed andreturned to the Incident Administrator at the end of each shift change and at the end of theincident. The Incident Manager will collate these sheets and use to debrief team memberswithin 48 hours of ‘stand down’.NHS CUMBRIAMAJOR INCIDENT PLAN – FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONDING TO A MAJOR INCIDENTPAGE 38 OF 46Version 3 (Dec 2008)