Category One responders under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 are required to assess risk, plan for emergencies, communicate with the public, share information and cooperate with other responders, and have their own business continuity plans.
Primary Care providers are not listed in the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. However the Department of Health and NHS England expects them to plan for and respond to incidents in the same way as Category One responders.
This and subsequent pages provide some guidance.
For any queries or further information on Emergency Planning and Business Continuity for GPs, please contact:
Mike Gooch
Emergency Planning & Resilience Manager
Email: mike.gooch@suffolk.nhs.uk
Tel: 01473 770041
Mob: 07932 654889
Fax: 01473 770201
Address: Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich. IP1 2BX
Useful web links:
Sign up for flood warnings
Public Health England
Major incident plans written by doctors
Suffolk Resilience
