UK Resilience: Planning for a Possible Influenza Pandemic ? A Framework for Planners

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Planning for a Possible Influenza Pandemic
A Framework for Planners Preparing to Manage Deaths

30th August 2007

UK Resilience

http://www.ukresilience.info/news/ma..._guidance.aspx

This draft guidance paper 'Planning for a Possible Influenza Pandemic ? A Framework for Planners Preparing to Manage Deaths' has been prepared by the Home Office. (UK)

It sets out proposals on planning for the management of potentially large numbers of deaths during a pandemic influenza outbreak.

The draft Framework is aimed at local planners preparing contingency plans for the extraordinary circumstances we understand are possible.

This forms part of a suite of sensible contingency planning the Government has underway to prepare for pandemic influenza.

The Home Office are also seeking the views of professionals in the field ? both representative organisations and individuals ? and of the faith communities on:

• the practicality of the measures proposed;
• whether additional or different measures would be helpful and, if so, what;
• whether additional or different guidance might be helpful; and
• any concerns you may have about the different ways of working it is suggested will be necessary to deal with these extraordinary events.

They are not seeking your views on

• the likelihood of these events occurring;
• the necessity for such planning; nor
• the planning assumptions themselves;

all of which are beyond the scope of this Framework.

• Planning for a Possible Influenza Pandemic ? A Framework for Planners Preparing to Manage Deaths
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