National emergency preparedness communication
The UK lagging behind other nations in national public communication campaigns and strategies for emergency preparedness.
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Committee recommendation
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#118 - Consider physical cash value in emergency preparedness and severe payment system outages
In discharging its responsibility for national security and resilience, HM Treasury must consider the value of physical cash in emergency preparedness. This may include recommending that cash is held by individuals in case of emergency, and considering what role cash distribution might play in a severe payment systems outage. (Recommendation)
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terms: emergency, national, preparednes
Committee recommendation
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#28 - Launch major national flood awareness campaign to increase preparedness and educate communities.
The Government must launch a major national flood awareness campaign, co-designed with flood-affected communities and delivered with trusted local partners such as flood wardens, schools, the media, and frontline services. This campaign should be coordinated across relevant public bodies and agencies, ensuring consistent messaging and integration into their day-to-day operations as a core part of national flood strategy....
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terms: national, preparednes
Inquiry recommendation
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FENN-152 - Consider national disaster planning desk for experience and emergency coordination
Consideration should be given to a national disaster planning desk where the experience gained from disasters and their investigation and civil emergencies can be retained. Advice on the coordination of individual emergency plans should also be available at a national level.
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terms: emergency, national
Inquiry recommendation
87match
MAI-141 - Nationally agreed format for all emergency plans
The Home Office, His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, the College of Policing, the Fire Service College, the National Ambulance Resilience Unity, individual police services and JESIP should develop a nationally agreed format for all plans, placing JESIP at their centre.
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terms: emergency, national
Committee recommendation
87match
#12 - Ensure a dedicated Homeland Security Minister coordinates national preparedness and resilience efforts.
The Government should ensure there is a dedicated Homeland Security Minister to coordinate across central, regional and local Government, industry and wider society to rapidly enhance the UK’s national preparedness and resilience. (Recommendation, Paragraph 80)
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terms: national, preparednes
Committee recommendation
82match
#30 - Establish a comprehensive national flood reporting and information service by March 2026.
The Government should establish a single, widely promoted national flood reporting and information service by March 2026. This service should build upon and expand the existing Floodline system to provide a clear point of contact for all types of flooding, offer consistent guidance, and be accessible via phone, SMS, and online. It must be co-designed with flood- 65...
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terms: emergency, national
Committee recommendation
82match
#29 - Single national flood reporting and information service is a strategic necessity.
A single national flood reporting and information service is not just a communications improvement; it is a strategic necessity. Without a clear, accessible point of contact, the public remains confused, response is delayed, and resilience efforts are undermined. Establishing this service will provide clarity, coordination, and confidence during flood events, and must be treated as a core component...
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terms: communication, national
Committee recommendation
82match
#27 - Public awareness of flood risk remains dangerously low, undermining national resilience.
Public awareness of flood risk is dangerously low, undermining national flood resilience efforts. Too many people do not understand the risks they face, how to respond to warnings, or how to protect their homes. This reflects both a strategic failure and an associated communications oversight, leaving lives, livelihoods, and infrastructure exposed. (Conclusion, Paragraph 99)
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terms: communication, national
Inquiry recommendation
78match
COVID-M2.14 - Accessible Emergency Communications
The UK government and the devolved administrations should each develop action plans for how government communications will be made more accessible during a pandemic. As a minimum, these should include making provision for the translation of government press conferences into British Sign Language (and Irish Sign Language in Northern Ireland) and the translation of key announcements into the...
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terms: communication, emergency
Inquiry recommendation
78match
MAI-135 - Action cards for emergency services in Major Incidents
The Home Office, His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, the College of Policing, the Fire Service College and the National Ambulance Resilience Unit should oversee the development and implementation of action cards for the police, fire and rescue service, and ambulance service for use in a Major Incident.
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terms: emergency, national
Committee recommendation
78match
#45 - Fourth Report: Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus): institutional accommodation
As government lockdown restrictions are eased, it is imperative that the Home Office and its providers communicate in a clear and timely manner to key national and local actors. The Government needs now to work closely with stakeholders across both the asylum accommodation and immigration detention sectors to ensure a smooth transition out of lockdown. The Government and...
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terms: national, preparednes
Committee recommendation
78match
#45 - Fifth Report: Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (coronavirus): management of the borders
It is concerning that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Transport have issued contrasting advice to the public on more than one occasion, at a time when providing clarity about the new travel corridors and nurturing confidence in them is of great importance. The Government must ensure that its communications are consistent and accurate across...
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terms: communication, preparednes
Inquiry recommendation
74match
MAI-122 - Maintain radio communications during Major Incidents
The emergency services should prepare, train and exercise for how they will maintain effective radio communications between emergency responders on the ground, commanders and control rooms, during the response to a Major Incident.
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terms: communication, emergency
Committee recommendation
74match
#49 - Fourth Report: Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus): institutional accommodation
It is essential that lessons are learned from the dispersal from Urban House, and that clear policies are put in place to ensure effective communication between providers and local authorities in the event of further outbreaks in asylum accommodation, and in respect of the dispersal of service users from one area to another.
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terms: communication, preparednes
Committee recommendation
74match
#46 - Fourth Report: Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus): institutional accommodation
We are extremely concerned at this failure of communication by Mears Group with the receiving local authorities, and at the lack of arrangements for testing individuals who were being moved across the country out of an accommodation centre where other residents had Covid-19, and which had previously been treated as a single household during lockdown. We are also...
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terms: communication, preparednes
Committee recommendation
74match
#24 - Fourth Report: Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus): institutional accommodation
While we welcome the communication of Covid-19 guidance by providers to their service users, we urge all providers to check regularly with their service users, and with wider stakeholders, to ensure that they are receiving up to date and timely Covid-19 guidance. This is essential given the Government’s gradual easing of the lockdown restrictions and its fast-changing key...
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terms: communication, preparednes
PFD report
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Beryl Holland
Inconsistent hospital policies and a lack of national guidance for managing pressure ulcer risks in Emergency Departments led to prolonged waits and inadequate care for vulnerable patients.
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terms: emergency, national
PFD report
73match
Jon James
There is no national NICE guidance on Acute Behavioural Disturbance, which is vital for emergency services and police, contributing to a rising number of related deaths.
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terms: emergency, national
PFD report
73match
Katie Overd
A lack of proactive public communication about the "Right Care Right Person" policy risks the public delaying seeking emergency assistance, misunderstanding response times.
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terms: communication, emergency
Committee recommendation
73match
#139 - Third Report - Coronavirus: lessons learned to date
Several public health experts stressed to us that an effective messaging and communications strategy was a crucial part of the response to a pandemic. In July 2020, Sir Paul Nurse argued in evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee that “communication, messaging and keeping trust” should be one of the core focuses of the Government’s strategy.218 This...
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terms: communication, national
Committee recommendation
73match
#139 - Sixth Report - Coronavirus: lessons learned to date
Several public health experts stressed to us that an effective messaging and communications strategy was a crucial part of the response to a pandemic. In July 2020, Sir Paul Nurse argued in evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee that “communication, messaging and keeping trust” should be one of the core focuses of the Government’s strategy.218 This...
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terms: communication, national
Committee recommendation
70match
#31 - 4th Report – The National Security Strategy
The Government would benefit from having a more open public conversation about nuclear threats, spending choices and future nuclear security programmes. It should set out how it plans to extend UK-France collaboration on nuclear security. (Recommendation, Paragraph 136) 66 Pillar 3 – Sovereign Capabilities
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terms: national
Committee recommendation
70match
#18 - 4th Report – The National Security Strategy
The Government must provide more detail on what the national conversation on security and resilience will look like, including who will be leading it and how it will ensure oversight between different Government departments responsible for its delivery. As part of this, the Ministry of Defence should publish the public version of its Joint Concept Note as soon...
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terms: national
Committee recommendation
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#17 - 4th Report – The National Security Strategy
The Government has identified the need for a whole-of-society approach to security and resilience through a national conversation, but it is not evident that this message is getting through to the public. There is a long way to go to realise the whole-of-society approach to defence and security. (Conclusion, Paragraph 74)
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terms: national
Committee recommendation
70match
#52 - Fourth Report: Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus): institutional accommodation
We urge the Home Office to follow MHCLG’s lead and to agree jointly with local authorities, devolved nations and third sector partners a sensible and fair extension to the current measures in place for asylum seekers that reduces the public health risk for them and for the local community. Any extension to these measures should take account of...
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terms: preparednes
Committee recommendation
70match
#38 - Fifth Report: Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (coronavirus): management of the borders
The disruption to travel plans and surprise caused by removing Spain from the travel corridor list demonstrates how essential it is that surveillance data is shared with the public openly and frequently. Potential travellers must be presented with the risks of travelling, even to countries on the travel corridor list, while the pandemic is ongoing and the guidance...
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terms: preparednes
Inquiry recommendation
69match
MAI-145 - Strategic Co-ordinating Group within two hours
The Home Office should consider the introduction of a national standard requiring a meeting of the Strategic Co-ordinating Group to take place no more than two hours after the declaration of a Major Incident where more than one emergency service is engaged in the response to that incident.
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terms: emergency, national
Inquiry recommendation
69match
MAI-138 - Common terminology for non-Plato hazardous zones
The Home Office, His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, the College of Policing, the Fire Service College, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit and JESIP should ensure that all emergency services use common terminology to describe the zoning of hazardous areas in non-Operation Plato Major Incident situations and that all services have a common understanding...
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terms: emergency, national
Inquiry recommendation
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MAI-137 - Common terminology for Operation Plato zones
The Home Office, His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, the College of Policing, the Fire Service College, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit and JESIP should ensure that all emergency services use common terminology to describe the Operation Plato hot, warm and cold zones and all have a common understanding of those terms.
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terms: emergency, national
Inquiry recommendation
69match
MAI-136 - Awareness of specialist capabilities across services
The Home Office, His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, the College of Policing, the Fire Service College, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit and all local resilience forums should take steps to ensure, whether through multi-agency training and exercising or otherwise, that the members of each emergency service are aware of the specialist capabilities of...
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terms: emergency, national
Inquiry recommendation
69match
MAI-120 - Consider air ambulance integration into response
The Department of Health and Social Care, the NHS, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit, ambulance service trusts, Air Ambulances UK, Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters and JESIP should consider whether air ambulances should be integrated into the emergency response to Major Incidents, including terrorist attacks, and, if so, how that is to be achieved.
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terms: emergency, national
Inquiry recommendation
69match
MAI-119 - Integrate air ambulances into Major Incident response
The Department of Health and Social Care, the NHS, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit, ambulance service trusts, Air Ambulances UK, Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters and JESIP should consider what staff training and resources would be required to integrate air ambulance organisations into the emergency response to Major Incidents, including terrorist attacks.
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terms: emergency, national
Inquiry recommendation
66match
MAI-128 - National systems to record lessons from exercises
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government should ensure that there exist robust national and local systems to identify and record the lessons learned from all multi-agency exercises and ensure that change is implemented as a result, where change is indicated.
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terms: national
Inquiry recommendation
66match
MAI-11 - Continue first aid and CPR in National Curriculum
As of September 2020, all primary and secondary school pupils were required to be taught health education, including first aid, as part of the National Curriculum. This involves children aged over 12 being taught CPR. This is necessary. The Department for Education should ensure that it continues.
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terms: national
Committee recommendation
66match
#54 - Fourth Report: Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus): institutional accommodation
As part of this Covid-19 strategy, the Home Office should publish the Public Health England guidance that it has taken to inform its decisions about ending the current 62 Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus): institutional accommodation measures to support asylum seekers. The Home Office should also confirm how it has adhered to the relevant Public Sector Equality...
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terms: preparednes
Committee recommendation
66match
#40 - Fourth Report: Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus): institutional accommodation
Government guidance which came into force on 5 May 2020, although it was not published until 5 June, confirmed that individuals at high risk of contracting Covid-19 should be treated as AAR Level 3 cases. This clarification, which confirms the commitment made by the Home Office to the High Court on 26 March, is welcome although earlier publication...
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terms: preparednes
Committee recommendation
66match
#38 - Fourth Report: Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus): institutional accommodation
Before taking any final decision to remove temporary support for asylum seekers, the Home Office and its accommodation providers must engage and consult closely with Public Health England, devolved governments, Strategic Migration Partnerships, asylum dispersal councils and local public health units to ensure that any changes do not place individuals at any risk or overwhelm other statutory support...
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terms: preparednes
Committee recommendation
66match
#25 - Fourth Report: Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus): institutional accommodation
We recommend that the Government continues to work with trusted partners such as Doctors of the World UK to translate all updated Covid-19 guidance for the general public into the languages most commonly spoken by those individuals in the asylum system. This guidance should be sent out in digital and print format by providers to all of their...
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terms: preparednes
Committee recommendation
66match
#17 - Communication failures hampered support scheme reach to vulnerable households in need
Although the Department worked with local authorities on some of the schemes aimed at households who were harder to reach,44 the low take–up suggests that this approach did not identify all those in need.45 The Department said that it attempted to use intermediaries such as social landlords, providing funds directly to landlords with a requirement to pass them...
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terms: communication
NAO recommendation
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The supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic
Clear, timely, two-way information and communication are vital for both providing services at the front-line and for managing the response at the national level. This includes information on national and local PPE stocks and requirements, and feedback loops. Deficiencies in information on, and communication about, PPE can lead to a breakdown of trust, failure to take effective action,...
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terms: communication, national
Inquiry recommendation
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MAI-42 - SMG sharing of emergency response plans
SMG should review its processes to ensure that it shares with Greater Manchester Police, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, British Transport Police and North West Ambulance Service its most current emergency response plans and policies for dealing with an incident at the Arena. It should apply this approach more generally to its operations.
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terms: emergency
Inquiry recommendation
62match
MAI-28 - Senior emergency service representation at LRFs
Each emergency service should ensure that it is represented at a senior level at every meeting of a local resilience forum.
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terms: emergency
Committee recommendation
62match
#43 - Fourth Report: Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus): institutional accommodation
The Home Office and its providers must communicate timely and accurate information to NGOs as well as to service providers working to support people in immigration detention.
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terms: preparednes
Committee recommendation
62match
#37 - Fifth Report: Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (coronavirus): management of the borders
The Government has rightly warned now that “no travel is risk free”. However, stronger warnings should have been given at the time the travel corridors were first introduced in early July. The Government’s mixed messages at that time were regrettable. In the case of Spain, it appears from the First Minister of Scotland’s statements that the Joint Biosecurity...
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terms: preparednes
Committee recommendation
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#23 - Commit to clear timelines, a delivery plan, and prompt communication during BTOM transition.
During the transition away from the BTOM, the Department should commit to clear timelines for decision-making, a delivery plan, and communicate changes promptly to allow businesses to plan with confidence. (Recommendation, Paragraph 40)
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terms: communication
PFD report
61match
Joshua Edwards
Ambulance response was delayed by public event road closures and unclear authority for crews to cross them. Event organizers need to brief staff and public on emergency vehicle priority.
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terms: emergency
Inquiry recommendation
61match
COVID-M2.17 - Public Emergency Information Portal
The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive should develop an online portal for use in future civil emergencies, where members of the public can access information on the legal restrictions that apply in their area and any associated guidance.
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terms: emergency
Committee recommendation
61match
#20 - Third Report - Impact of COVID-19 on DCMS sectors: First Report
The issue of quarantine periods is beyond our remit, so we will limit our comments to saying that the timing and guidance about quarantining have been far from clear. Whilst we understand that there was considerable uncertainty around how the pandemic developed internationally, the tourism sector was in limbo for over two months with no certainty as to...
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terms: national
Committee recommendation
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#2 - First Report: Coronavirus and Scotland: Interim Report on Intergovernmental Working
The UK Government has failed to make clear when its messaging applies only to England, causing unnecessary confusion in the devolved nations. There should be messaging clarity to minimise confusion across national boundaries, and this must begin to happen with immediate effect. Then, in its response to the Committee, the Government must outline how it intends to address...
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terms: national
Committee recommendation
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#14 - Proactively engage with wider society to build consensus on threats to the UK.
At societal level, the Ministry of Defence should draw on its understanding of the threats faced to make a greater impact by proactively engaging far more with wider society, both public and private—for example, critical national industries, schools and communities—to help generate a dialogue around those threats to the UK and build consensus around a common response. (Recommendation,...
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terms: national