Wednesday 03 July 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_7975
Date Request Received: 03/06/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 03/06/2024 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: EPRR Exercise dates
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request the following information. This information relates to the NHS England Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response Framework in general and subsection 10.4, “Cycle of preparedness, Exercising”, in particular. Please note that the information requested are only dates of exercises and a test. I am not requesting any other details of the exercises and test themselves, nor any information that would, or would be likely to, prejudice the prevention of crime. This information should be readily available to the Trust as part of its EPRR annual assurance process. For clarity I have enumerated the information I am requesting. If you do not hold some of this information then I ask you to confirm explicitly that you do not hold it. 1. The date of the Trust’s own most recent communications systems exercise. I am not requesting the date of any communications systems exercise initiated by another organisation. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Trusts communication exercise – 13th June 2023 and report attached (we have had exercises initiated from another organisation which we have used to cascade out) To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  Communications Exercise Report 13.06.2023.pdf | |
| Question Number 2: The date of the most recent table-top exercise. | |
| Answer To Question 2: Most recent Table-Top exercise – 13th October 2023 and report attached. To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below: Business Continuity Exercise Report for Respiratory 13.10.2023.pdf | |
| Question Number 3: The date of the most recent live play exercise. I am aware the NHS EPRR Framework states that if an organisation activates its plan then this replaces the need to run a live exercise “providing lessons are identified and logged and an action plan developed”. Nevertheless I request the date of the most recent live play exercise, not activation of the plan. | |
| Answer To Question 3: Most recent live play exercise – 11th March 2024 and report attached. To accompany this answer to question 3 please also see the documents listed below: Exercise Report 11.03.2024.pdf | |
| Question Number 4: The date of the most recent command post exercise. I am aware the NHS EPRR Framework states that if an organisation activates its Incident Coordination Centre then this replaces the need to run command post exercise “providing lessons are identified and logged and an action plan developed”. Nevertheless I request the date of the most recent command post exercise, not activation of the ICC | |
| Answer To Question 4: Most recent Command Post exercise – An exercise has not been required as we have responded to (set up a Command Post) for COVID 19 which was downgraded from a Major incident in 2023 and we have responded to other incidents before COVID 19 which required a Command Post to be set up – The only legal requirement is to exercise a Command Centre within 3 years, if there hasn’t been an incident within this time, learning has been identified or legislation has changed. The COVID 19 response was downgraded in 2023 so our next requirement date is 2026,unless we have learning or legislation changes. We have had a Critical Incident early this year which involved setting up a Command Centre so we will not be required to exercise until 2017. | |
| Question Number 5: The date of the most recent Incident Coordination Centre equipment test. | |
| Answer To Question 5: Most recent ICC equipment test – Wednesday 24th April 2024. | |
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