Preparing for Emergencies- Guidance For Health Boards in Scotland

Footnotes

1. Civil Contingencies Act 2004 www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/36/contents and the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/02/20630/51567

2. Preparing Scotland - Scottish Guidance on Resilience, March 2012 see http://www.readyscotland.org/ready-government/preparing-scotland/

3. Equality Act 2010, http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents

4. Preparing Scotland, Scottish Government, 2007 - Section 2 Integrated Emergency Management

5. National Risk Assessment https://www.gov.uk/risk-assessment-how-the-risk-of-emergencies-in-the-uk-is-assessed and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-risk-register-of-civil-emergencies

6. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/pdfs/asp_20020013_en.pdf

7. Preparing Scotland, Scientific and Technical Advice Cell (STAC) Guidance, 2013, Scottish Government Resilience Division www.scotland.gov.uk/publications/2013/02/6297/0

8. http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/mels/CEL2012_17.pdf

9. The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/Policy/Public-Health-Act/Implementation

10. Preparing Scotland Scientific and Technical Advice Cell Guidance, Scottish Government Resilience Division, 2013 www.scotland.gov.uk/publications/2013/02/6297/0

11. CRCE Scotland.
http://www.hpa.org.uk/AboutTheHPA/WhoWeAre/CentreForRadiationChemicalAndEnvironmentalHazards/

12. TOXBASE - the National Poisons Information Service www.toxbase.org/

13. Scottish Health Protection Information Resource (SHPIR) www.shpir.hps.scot.nhs.uk/

14. CHEMET (Chemical meteorology)
www.metoffice.gov.uk/publicsector/CHEMET

15. Scottish Environmental Incident Surveillance System (SEISS) www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/enviro/ssdetail.aspx?id=107

16. Ministry of Defense - Local Authority and Emergency Services Information, Edition, May 2013.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-emergency-services-information

17. HPA - HPA-CRCE-017 - Radiation Monitoring Units: Planning and Operational Guidance. www.hpa.org.uk/Publications/Radiation/CRCEScientificAndTechnicalReportSeries/HPACRCE017

18. Guidance for Hospitals on the Surface Decontamination of Self-presenting Persons, April 2012. http://www.readyscotland.org/media/32009/guidance_for_hospitals_on_the_surface_decontamination_of_self_presenting_persons_-_april_2012.pdf

19. Guidance for emergency services on decontamination of people exposed to hazardous chemical, biological or radiological substances (restricted). Available from the CBRN Unit, Scottish Resilience.

20. Hospital Lockdown: A Framework for NHSScotland June 2010. http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/EmergencyPlanning/Documents/FinalLockdownGuidanceforweb.pdf

21. Preparing Scotland - Scottish Guidance on Preparing for Emergencies: Recovering from Emergencies in Scotland. http://scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/12/02150415/0

22. Strategic National Guidance: The decontamination of buildings, infrastructure and open environment exposed to Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear materials, Cabinet Office. www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/strategic-national-guidance-decontamination-buildings-infrastructure-and-open-envir

23. Care of Burns in Scotland Managed Clinical Network http://www.cobis.scot.nhs.uk/; Department of Health Strategic Burns Guidance April 2011

24. Planning assumptions contained in Mass Casualties Incidents - A Framework for Planning. NHSScotland, The Scottish Government. May 2009. http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/EmergencyPlanning/Documents/MassCasualtyGuidanceNHSScotland-May-09.pdf

25. Hospital Lockdown - A Framework for NHSScotland. Health Facilities Scotland, June 2010 http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/EmergencyPlanning/Documents/FinalLockdownGuidanceforweb.pdf

26. Preparing Scotland: Guidance on Dealing with Mass Fatalities in Scotland, Scottish Government, 2009, http://scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/09/15110710/5

27. Detailed potential vulnerability and requirements- Framework in Cabinet Office Guidance Identifying People Who Are Vulnerable In a Crisis, 2008.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/identifying-people-who-are-vulnerable-in-a-crisis-guidance-for-emergency-planners-and-responders

28. Preparing Scotland 2009, Section 6: Care For People Teams http://scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/09/17113218/6

29. The Data Protection Act 1998, http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29/contents

30. Government Protective Marking System, 2009 http://protectivemarking.co.uk/images/downloads/gpms.pdf

31. Scottish Government Health Department, Emergency Care Framework, 2009. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/149108/0039634.pdf

32. Preparing Scotland, Care For People Affected By Emergencies, Scottish Government, 2009.

33. Preparing Scotland, Planning For the Psychosocial and Mental Health Needs of People Affected by Emergencies, 2013 (in progress)

34. Scottish Government, NHSScotland Resilience, 2009

35. In Emergency Preparedness, Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat, 2005

36. See Annex 5 in Business Continuity - A Framework for NHSScotland, NHSScotland, Scottish Government, 2009

37. Dr. C. Freeman, A. Flitcroft & P. Weeple - Psychological First Aid: Short Term Post Trauma Responses for Individuals and Groups, NHS Lothian 2002

38. Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (2nd Edition). National Child Traumatic Stress Network & National Center for PTSD (2006) Downloadable from: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/PTSD/professional/manuals/psych-first-aid.asp

39. Health Inequalities Impact Assessment guidance. see http://www.healthscotland.com/equalities/eqia/health-inequalities.aspx

40. See also http://www.healthscotland.com/Equalities/characteristics/index.aspx