Guidance

Emergency preparedness, resilience and response: concept of operations

Building a resilient and responsive organisation ready for health security threats.

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published
10 January 2025
Last updated
15 January 2025 — See all updates

Documents

Emergency preparedness, resilience and response concept of operations

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Preparedness plan

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Incident response plan

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Annexe A: UKHSA EPRR accountabilities and responsibilities framework

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Annexe B: Incident Director and Senior Response Director supporting information

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Annexe C: Incident action plan

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Annexe D: Cell information and terms of reference

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Annexe E: UKHSA Integrated Emergency Management Model and emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR) principles

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Annexe F: UKHSA incident response roles

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Details

The emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR) concept of operations (CONOP) sets out UKHSA’s approach to systematically preparing for, responding to and recovering from health security incidents. These include:

  • infectious diseases
  • pandemics
  • chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) events
  • extreme adverse weather events
  • business continuity challenges
  • cyber security events

The CONOP applies across the whole of UKHSA.

It describes the UKHSA’s EPRR responsibilities:

  • as a Category 1 responder
  • as an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care
  • for devolved health security within England and across the UK on reserved health security matters

Updates to this page

Published 10 January 2025
Last updated 15 January 2025 + show all updates

  1. Rebuilt the IRP and annexes in line with updated version.

  2. Incident Response Plan temporarily removed.

  3. First published.

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