MAJOR INCIDENT PLAN - NHS Cumbria

SECTION 4 ALERT AND ACTIVATION9 Alerting NHS Cumbria Teaching PCT 249.3 Unusual Incident 249.5 Contacting Public Health 2410 Declaration of a Major Incident 2411 Criteria for Activation of the Plan 2512 12.1 NHS Alert Messages 2512.2 NHS Alert Format 2613 Alert and Response Flowchart for Cumbria PCT 2714 Notification of NHS Gold Commander 2815 Levels of Major Incident 2915.1 Incident Affecting single NHS Trust (Level 1) 2915.3 Serious Untoward Incidents 2915.5 Incident where the PCT may need to declare a Major Incident 3016 Incident affecting the Wider NHS in Cumbria (Level II) 3117 Multi Agency Major Incidents (Level III) 3218 Notification of NHS Organisations 3218.2 NHS North West (Strategic Health Authority) 3318.3 Cumbria and Lancashire Health Protection Unit 3318.4 Cumbria Out of Hours Services 3318.6 North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust33University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Trust18.7 Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 3318.8 NHS Direct 3419 Recovery Working Group 3420 Procedure for Stand Down of a Major Incident 3421 Debrief 35SECTION 5 MANAGEMENT OF THE INCIDENT22 Overview 3623 Strategic Level (Gold) 3624 Regional Civil Contingencies Committee 3625 Scientific and Technical Advice Cell 3726 Tactical Level (Silver) 3727 Operational Level (Bronze) 37SECTION 6 ESTABLISHING A MAJOR INCIDENT TEAM28 NHS Gold Commander 3829 NHS Cumbria Incident Control Team 3830 Establishment of NHS Cumbria Incident Control Room 4031 Helplines 4132 Telephone Numbers/Access Information 4133 Record Keeping 4133.1 Preservation of Documents 4133.2 Definition of ‘Documents’ 4133.3 Incident Log 4233.5 Incident Recording 4234 Communications and the Media34.1 Overview 4234.2 Procedure during a Major Incident 4234.3 News Releases and Statements 43NHS CUMBRIAMAJOR INCIDENT PLAN – FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONDING TO A MAJOR INCIDENTPAGE 6 OF 46Version 3 (Dec 2008)