Resources

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed swine flu is now a global pandemic.

This page brings together resources available to help third sector infrastructure organisations deal with widespread influenza and support their members in doing so.

• Department of Health - Pandemic Flu guidance
• From Containment to Treatment
  DH approach to managing the pandemic
• NHS Direct advice
• World Health Organisation information
• Health Protection Agency information
• Swine flu - everything you need to know (DirectGov)
• Flu News (Cabinet Office)

Keeping your organisation working

• Advice for businesses (Business Link)
• Advice for employers (Health and Safety Executive)
• Swine flu - human resource implications (Local Government Employers)

Third sector specific advice

• DH supplementary information for third sector organisations (pdf, 184kb)
• NCVO information and advice

See also:

• Flu friends (Word, 153 KB) - Soo Nevison, Chief Officer of Voluntary Action Calderdale, describes how they established a system of flu friends at the request of the local Primary Care Trust (Circulation 410).
• The Role of Volunteers in the Swine Flu Pandemic (Volunteering England).

Exercise Prometheus

Exercise Prometheus, is a tool for local authorities, private and third sector providers, health
organisations and other partners to test the resilience of their plans. It uses the revised planning assumptions since the first wave, making preparation for a second wave of swine flu realistic. Using this exercise to test plans and procedures will help providers meet their legal responsibilities under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.

You can download the DVD that is an integral part of the exercise from the DH website or you can order a copy by contacting the HPA at exercises@hpa.org.uk For more information, contact Anna.Prygodzicz@dh.gsi.gov.uk