Swine Flu
Contingency Planning
With increasing numbers of people contracting swine flu on a daily basis, have you thought how this might impact on your organisation? Have you thought about developing a contingency plan if any of your staff get swine flu? And how would you deliver your services should key individuals of your organisation be off sick with it?
General information on contingency planning
Business Link - swine flu advice
For general advice on swine flu visit NHS Choices or call the swine flu information line on 0800 1 513 513
The government has produced a detailed plan for dealing with an influenza pandemic. It outlines the roles of various government and public bodies as well as the contribution of the voluntary sector and community networks. View Plan
Frontline voluntary organisations, such as the British Red Cross, are developing plans for dealing with any outbreak. We will continue to provide links to the most up to date and reliable sources of information on pandemic flu (swine flu) in the coming days and weeks.
Planning for a pandemic
A letter to voluntary and community organisations from Professor Lindsay Davies, National Director of Pandemic Influenza preparedness
- Planning for a pandemic 12 May 2009 (pdf, 44kb)
- Supplementary information on pandemic influenza (pdf, 184kb)


