Business continuity: strategic guidance for NHS health boards

Footnotes

1. Standard 7: The NHS Board shall have an overarching Business Continuity (BC) policy and a robust BC Management process. – NHS Scotland: Standards for Organisational Resilience. Second Edition. May 2018

2. Published in 2013 and under review in 2023.

3. Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (legislation.gov.uk)

4. The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (legislation.gov.uk)

5. Category 1 Responders under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 as amended by The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) (Scotland) Order 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/147) include; Local Authorities; the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland; the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service; the Scottish Ambulance Service Board; A Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

6. Standard 7: The NHS Board shall have an overarching Business Continuity (BC) policy and a robust BC Management process. – NHS Scotland: Standards for Organisational Resilience. Second Edition. May 2018

7. Standard 12: The NHS Boards shall have a training and exercising plan in place to test its state of preparedness and to inform its response capability. – NHS Scotland: Standards for Organisational Resilience: Second Edition: May 2018

8. Business Continuity Good Practice Guidelines 2018

9. A Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29)

10. Standard 9: The NHS Board shall have Major Incident and/or resilience plans that reflect its emergency preparedness and which have been developed with the engagement of relevant internal/external stakeholders. – NHS Scotland: Standards for Organisational Resilience: Second Edition: May 2018

11. Business Continuity Good Practice Guidelines 2018

12. This amendment took place in 2021 through The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) (Scotland) Order 2021

13. Standard 11: The NHS Board shall have pre-determined Command, Control and Coordination (C3) arrangements in place at Board (strategic level) and Hospital-levels (Operational level) to respond effectively and efficiently to various types and scale of major/mass casualties’ incidents. – NHS Scotland: Organisational Standards for Resilience. Second Edition: May 2018

14. Standard 7: The NHS Board shall have an overarching Business Continuity (BC) policy and a robust BC Management process. – NHS Scotland: Organisational Standards for Resilience. Second Edition: May 2018

15. Cabinet Office Emergency Preparedness (2012), p. 17, 1.56. Chapter-1-Introduction_amends_16042012.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)