established a clear set of roles and responsibilities for those involved in emergency preparation and response at local level
requires organisations in health system (emergency services, local authorities, nhs bodies) to prepare for adverse events and incidents
many types of emergency situations that may affect an organisations and its ability to maintain patients, residents or clients safety
various incidents that may result in, eg. a health care setting requiring shelter for patients and staff in places of greater safety or activating a partial or full site evacuation
events can include
gas leak, fire, explosion, flood, hazards material release, outbreak of infectious disease, power or other utility failure, terrorist event
cca requires nhs organisations and providers of nhs funded care, fire and police services and local authorities to show that they can deal with such incidents
have to provide plans for their response to the possibility of major incident situation
act requires organisations to carry out risk assessments and then work together to plan their response to local and national emergencies
