MAJOR INCIDENT PLAN - NHS Cumbria

TABLE OF CONTENTSChapter Para Description PageNoDocument Control 1List of Registered Holders 2Change of Registered Plan Holder 3Table of Contents 5SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION1 Introduction 92 Context of the Plan 93 Implementation 103.3 Training 10SECTION 2 FRAMEWORK, GUIDANCE AND DEFINITIONS4 Civil Contingencies Act 2004 114.1 Overview 114.3 Responders 114.4 Civil Protection Duties 114.5 Duty on Category 1 Responders 124.6 Definition of an Emergency 124.8 Local Resilience Forum 124.10 Integrated Emergency Management 134.11 Community Risk Register 134.15 Risks Internal to the PCT 144.16 Risks External to the PCT 144.17 Further Information 155 NHS Emergency Planning Guidance 2005 155.1 Overview 155.2 NHS Definition of a Major Incident 155.7 Mass Casualty Incident 165.8 The Levels of a Major Incident in the NHS 165.10 Forms of a Major Incident 175.11 Unusual Incident 17SECTION 3 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITIES6 The Responsibility of the Chief Executive 186.1 On behalf of NHS North West 186.2 NHS Cumbria Teaching PCT 197 NHS Cumbria Teaching PCT Responsibilities 207.1 Planning responsibilities of NHS Cumbria Teaching PCT 207.2 The Role of Primary and Community Health Services 208 The Roles and Responsibilities of NHS Trusts in Cumbria 218.1 North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust21University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS TrustCumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust8.4 Cumbria & Lancashire Health Protection Unit 218.5 North West Ambulance Service 228.6 NHS North West (Strategic Health Authority) 228.9 NHS Direct 23NHS CUMBRIAMAJOR INCIDENT PLAN – FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONDING TO A MAJOR INCIDENTPAGE 5 OF 46Version 3 (Dec 2008)