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Regional and Local Plans

Co-operation at the local level under the Civil Contingencies Act

The principal mechanism for multi-agency co-operation at the local level is the Local Resilience Forum (LRF). LRFs are generally based on local police areas (with the exception of London), and bring together all the organisations who have a duty to co-operate under the Civil Contingencies Act, along with others who would be involved in the response.

The purpose of the LRF process is to ensure effective delivery of those duties under the Act that need to be developed in a multi-agency environment.

Co-operation at the Regional level under the Civil Contingencies Act

Regional co-operation and co-ordination takes place through Regional Resilience Forums (RRFs) in England which bring together representatives of local responders and central government bodies to work together to address larger-scale civil protection issues.

Regional Resilience Teams (RRTs) in government regional offices in England play key roles in ensuring there is good two-way communication between local responders and central government, that planning is co-ordinated where necessary and that local responders have the support they need. RRTs can be expected to be standing members of the LRFs in their area.

Plans

Regional and Local Plans will be published here soon.

National Pandemic Influenza Workshop

On 19 May 2008, CCS held a 'National Pandemic Influenza Workshop'. The workshop was well attended, with representatives from each Local Resilience Forum, the regional resilience tier, and the strategic health authorities, as well as representatives from central government and the Devolved Administrations. The workshop provided an opportunity to:

• Share national best practice across regions.
• Identify gaps in plans and agree action plans going forward.
• Gain clarification on issues from central government experts and policy makers.

The workshop, an all-day event, incorporated both presentations from policy leads in government and facilitated workshops.

The presentations from the event can be accessed via the following links:

• Introduction – Bruce Mann, Director - Civil Contingences Secretariat [PDF 9 pages, 108KB]
• The Health Response, Helen Shirley-Quirk, Deputy Director, Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Programme - Department of Health [PDF 13 pages, 341KB]
• Local And National Communications during a Flu Pandemic, Carol McCall, Cabinet Office Communications [PDF 7 pages, 135KB]
• Non–Health Data Collection, Becky Kirby, Human Health – Civil Contingences Secretariat [PDF 9 pages, 131KB]
• The View From Social Care, Claire Crawley, Divisional Co-ordinator, Directorate of Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships – Department of Health [PDF 8 pages, 93KB]
• Pandemic Flu – Issues Around Schools And Childcare, Neil Remsberry, Pupil Well-being, Health and Safety Unit, Department for Children, Schools and Families [PDF 13 pages, 49KB]
• Planning for Excess Deaths – A presentation by the Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Department of Health [PDF 19 pages, 70KB]