Preparing for Emergencies Guidance
This guidance provides advice, considerations, and support from a strategic lens for Health Boards to effectively prepare for emergencies in compliance with relevant legislation.
Footnotes
1. Correct at time of publication
2. 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
3. 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
4. Dr. C. Freeman, A. Flitcroft & P. Weeple - Psychological First Aid: Short Term Post Trauma Responses for Individuals and Groups, NHS Lothian 2002
5. Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (2nd Edition). National Child Traumatic Stress Network & National Center for PTSD (2006) Downloadable from: Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide without Appendices (va.gov)
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