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UK Military 

Operations Course 

June 4-5 2008

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Introduction

Geoff Farnworth   Yorkshire Ambulance Service

Derek Bartrop   North Yorkshire & York Primary Care 

Trust

NHS Overview

Responsibilities in a Major 

Incident

Capabilities and Assets

Requirements

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• Ambulance Trust
• Primary Care Trusts
• Acute Trusts
• Foundation Trusts
• Mental Health Trusts
• Hospice
• Air Ambulances
• Community Hospitals –inc 

MIU

• ISTC
• Independent Providers 

(BUPA)

• Nursing Homes / Care 

Homes

• Community Nursing Services

(

Health Visitors, School Nurses, District Nurses

)

• Walk-in-Centres
• Out-of-Hours Providers
• Voluntary Sector 
• GPs    (Doctors)
• GDPs    (Dentists)
• Pharmacists
• Strategic Health Authority
• Health Protection Agency

Providers of Health 
Services

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Health response to Major 
Incidents

Ambulance Service

Acute & Foundation
Hospitals

Primary Care Trust

Health Protection 

Agency

Leads initial response within NHS
Responsible for communicating EP 
messages
Triages, Treats & Transfers

Receive, triage, treat patients
Provide MERIT teams

Responsible for ensuring NHS plans
Co-ordination & Command of NHS 
response
Response & Recovery Responsibilities

Provides specialist advice re health, 
health issues, infections, risks

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• Responsible for ensuring NHS plans
• Co-ordination & Command of NHS 

response

• Identify vulnerable people and groups
• Provide Minor Injuries
• Nurses to Rest & Reception centres
• Replacement medications
• Supported Discharge
• Emergency Vaccination
• Ensuring Health advice to SCG & Public 

(STAC)

• Assessment & Monitoring of survivors

PCT Responsibilities

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YAS Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate the NHS response at the scene 

of a major incident

• Nominate and Alert and liaise with receiving 

hospitals and other NHS agencies

• Provide treatment, stabilisation, care and 

transport of those injured at the scene

• Maintain emergency and routine cover for 

the rest of the region

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YAS Roles in a Major Incident

• Ambulance Incident Commander
• Forward Incident Commander
• Casualty Clearing Officer
• Parking Point Officer
• Staff Officer
• Loading Point Officer
• Hospital Liaison Officer
• Medical Incident Commander
• Loggist

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PCT Roles in a Major Incident

• Gold

- Command of local NHS

• Silver - Incident

 

Liaison Officers

• Bronze - 

Identify Vulnerable People

Minor Injuries Treatment

Nurses to Rest & Reception 

Centre

• Health Advice
• Scientific & Technical Advice Cell

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YAS Response Capabilities

• Accident and Emergency Service
• Patient Transport Service
• Air Ambulance
• BASICS
• Mobile Emergency Response Incident Teams
• Mutual Aid
• St John Ambulance
• British Red Cross Society
• Other Voluntary Agencies

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YAS Specialist Assets

• CBRN Decontamination Providers

• Urban Search and Rescue

• Hazardous Area Response Teams (Jan 

09)

• PODS

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PCT Response Capabilities

• Local Response Teams
• Incident Liaison Officers
• Specialist skills & knowledge
• Health Protection / Infection Control
• Scientific Technical Advice Cell
• Mutual Aid
• Loggists

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Summary

• Large number of NHS providers

- not all CCA responders

• YAS has specialist assets

• Include YAS  &  PCT
• Remember to communicate early 

and often

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Questions


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