Our NHS services | Site map | Accessibility Search: HomeAbout us Health services Your feedback Emergency Planning The NHS needs to be able to plan for, and respond to, a wide range of incidents and emergencies that could impact on health or patient care. These could be anything from extreme weather conditions, to an outbreak of an infectious disease, or a major transport accident. The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 requires NHS organisations and providers of NHS funded care to show that they can deal with such incidents while maintaining services to patients. This programme of work is referred to in the health community as emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR). New arrangements for local health EPRR came into effect on 1 April 2013 as a result of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. All the latest information about these arrangements, together with key documentation, is provided on the NHS England website. Further details are included in the Major incident plan. The current version is 1.19 (January 2021). It is a live document which is updated as required after national or local changes, or to take account of learning from major incidents or exercises. EPRR Assurance The NHS England Core Standards for EPRR are the minimum standards which NHS organisations and providers of NHS funded care must meet. An annual assurance process is conducted and the results are reported to the Trust Board and to the Local Health Resilience Partnerships in Cheshire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester. In 2019-20, following self assessment against the 54 EPRR core standards relevant to community providers, 52 were assessed as green (fully compliant with core standard) and 2 as amber (Not compliant with core standard. However, the organisation’s EPRR work programme demonstrates sufficient evidence of progress and an action plan to achieve full compliance within the next 12 months). The Trust therefore declared substantial compliance and this was reported to the Board at its meeting on 17 October 2019. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, a shortened assurance process for 2020-21 was carried out and the Trust declared substantial compliance again. For further information about the Trust’s responsibilities in a major incident, please contact the Trust’s designated emergency planning officer: Pauline Hoskyn BA, DipHEP – Head of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response. Tel: 01744 621745 (direct) | 18001 01744 621745 (text relay) | Email: pauline.hoskyn@nhs.net This page was last updated on 27 January 2021 Contact us Bridgewater Headquarters Europa Point, Europa Boulevard Warrington Cheshire WA5 7TY Email: bchft.enquiries@nhs.net Tel: 0844 264 3614 Quick links Vacancies / jobs Site map Our clinics Board meetings Privacy FOI Infection control Latest tweet Bridgewater NHSFollow Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides community #NHS #health services to areas of the North West. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. 🌈#TeamBridgewater. Bridgewater NHS@Bridgewater_NHS·13h Our #Widnes Urgent Treatment Centre (or UTC as we call it) is open every day between 8am and 9pm. We can treat all minor injuries or illnesses 🤕 We're right in the centre of Widnes (WA8 7GD) with free parking 🚗 🚨 Please keep your local A&E free for emergencies only Reply on Twitter 1466858541592072201 Retweet on Twitter 1466858541592072201 Like on Twitter 1466858541592072201 Twitter 1466858541592072201 © 2021 Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. All rights reserved. Not to be reproduced in whole or in part without the permission of the copyright owner. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT