Health
Please see UK
Resilience Human Flu Pandemic page for the latest updates on flu.
For information about the Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) please see
our Animal
and Plant Disease page.
Latest links
- The Cabinet Office has published introductory material on pandemic influenza for businesses and other organisations [PDF, 6 pages, 138KB] to use, should they so wish, as basis of advice to their staff during the current pandemic alert period WHO Phase 3 to raise awareness about pandemic influenza. Publication does not mean either an increase in the risk of a pandemic emerging or that a pandemic is necessarily imminent. It is part of Cabinet Office's ongoing work to ensure that businesses and other organisations have appropriate advice to help them plan.
- REVISED - Guidance: Contingency Planning for a Possible Influenza Pandemic This Guidance was produced by the Cabinet Office in consultation with the Health Departments and with other Government Departments. The Cabinet Office has issued it as part of our role in supporting the Department of Health, as Lead Department, in preparing and planning for a possible flu pandemic. An updated version of the guidance was published in July 2006. [PDF, 16 pages, 260KB]
- Pandemic
Influenza Checklist for Businesses and organisations [PDF 129KB,
4 pages] To assist businesses and other organisations in developing and
reviewing plans for a flu pandemic, the Government has published a checklist
identifying important and specific activities which organisations can
do to prepare.
- FT:
Ask the experts - how to prepare for bird flu [External website] Online
Q&A with Bruce Mann, head of the CCS, and Dr. Michael Perdue of the
World Health Organization, about pandemic flu and avian flu, including
business continuity planning, time frames, and anti-viral drugs.
Department of Health: Pandemic Flu - key facts leaflet
Information on the disease, what causes it, what the Government is doing
to counteract it, and what you can do to protect yourself (October 2005
edition).
Pandemic
Flu - key facts leaflet [External PDF, 4 pages, 79KB]
Information from Government
England
- NHS Direct [External
website] - 24-hour health information and advice, on the Healthline:
0845 46 47
Wales
- Welsh Assembly - Pandemic Flu [External
website] Includes the Wales framework for managing major infectious
disease emergencies, the Welsh health circular on pandemic flu planning
arrangements, and important information for you and your family.
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Other Health Links
- Patient.co.uk [External
website] - directory of UK health, disease and related websites,
edited by two GPs
- Surgery
Door [External website] - a comprehensive health website,
including travel advice
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