Maintain pressure on reforms to protect NHSSwine flu guidance from the Department of Health
Swine flu updates and general pandemic influenza guidance
Ian Dalton's swine flu update
Ian Dalton's swine flu update: Cases and admissions continue to fall
In his final swine flu update of 2009, NHS flu resilience director Ian Dalton reports that cases and hospital admissions have gone down, and applauds the efforts of NHS staff.
Swine flu guidance
Swine flu: updated guidance for mental health services
This is updated guidance for Mental Health services and partners on planning and responding to the Swine Flu H1N1 pandemic.
Six things NHS organisations can do to prepare for the swine flu vaccination programme
The Social Partnership Forum has identified the top six things that NHS organisations can do now in preparation for the impending vaccine administration.
Antiviral prophylaxis: guidance on the use of prophylaxis with antiviral medicines during the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic
This guidance sets out the circumstances in which it may be appropriate to offer a course of prophylactic antiviral medicine to patients with a serious underlying medical condition or who are pregnant during the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic.
Swine flu: UK planning assumptions
These planning assumptions relate to the current A(H1N1) epidemic and are appropriate for the first wave. They provide a common agreed basis for planning across all public and private sector organisations. Working to this common set of assumptions will avoid confusion and facilitate preparedness across the UK.
Fast-tracked research to fight swine flu - DH press release
Fourteen projects costing £2.25m have been fast tracked by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)on behalf of the Department of Health for urgent national swine flu research. The priority studies will be launched this week and will provide vital clinical and scientific evidence that will inform the Government’s response to the virus in the coming months.
Pandemic flu: planning and responding to primary care capacity challenges
New guidance has been published for PCTs on how to deliver primary care services whilst potentially short staffed, and how to cope with increased patient demand during the pandemic and the anticipated seasonal flu.
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Swine Flu: Authorisation of the supply of antivirals
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Pandemic vaccine priority for most at risk
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Swine flu: letter to Social Care Reference Group
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Swine flu: from containment to treatment - scientific issues
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Swine flu pandemic: from containment to treatment - guidance for the NHS
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Swine flu: from containment to treatment
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Important information about swine flu
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Exercise Cold Play II
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Changed approach to managing the swine flu pandemic
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A (H1N1) Swine Influenza: Standing up the National Pandemic Flu Service
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A (H1N1) Swine Influenza: Launch of the National Pandemic Flu Service
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Swine flu: UK planning assumptions
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Responding to pandemic influenza - The ethical framework for policy and planning
Pandemic influenza
Managing influenza-like illness in nursing and residential homes during the current influenza pandemic
The latest guidance from the Department of Health and Health Protection Agency, covering management of influenza-like illness in nursing and residential homes
Pandemic flu: managing demand and capacity in health care organisations (surge)
Preparations for dealing with a surge of patients and service users - and how services and patients are prioritised - need to be developed, agreed and in place amongst all caring agencies before a pandemic strikes. It is important that a common set of prioritisation criteria be used across the UK.
Pandemic influenza: guidance on meeting the needs of those who are or may become vulnerable during the pandemic
The purpose of this guidance is to emphasise the need for vulnerable groups to be taken account of in the pandemic flu plans drawn up by primary care organisations and their partners (NHS trusts, foundation trusts, local authorities and the third sector). The guidance is for England only.
NHS emergency planning guidance 2005
The Guidance that follows has been developed with the need to ensure the ability to provide updates, develop new material and provide access to complementary material from other organisations and to share examples of the practice of and approaches to emergency planning from the NHS in England.
Strategic command arrangements for the NHS during a major incident
The purpose of this document is to provide good practice guidance to National Health Service (NHS) organisations regarding command, control and co-ordination arrangements, required in planning, preparing and responding to emergencies. It is intended to provide a platform for allNHS organisations to undertake major incident and emergency planning, and is built on best practice and shared knowledge.
