Government Offices work with local partners to ensure that regions are able to respond to large-scale incidents either within or bordering their regions.
More information on the national picture
Government Office for the South West Regional Resilience Team was formed in April 2003 and has four full time members of staff plus a Regional Resilience Director.
We work closely with Central Government and regional partners, including
- the Emergency Services
- Local Authorities
- the Health sector
- the Military
- Media organisations
- Transport companies
- Utility companies
- Government agencies such as the Environment Agency
- Voluntary Organisations
Swine Flu
If you suspect you have swine flu call the National Pandemic Flu Service on 0800 1 513 100 (Minicom: 0800 1 513 200) or log on to www.direct.gov.uk/pandemicflu. If appropriate you will be issued with a unique reference number which you will need to collect antiviral medication from an Anti-viral Collection Point (ACP). You will need to nominate a Flu friend to collect these for you, local agencies are putting in place arrangements if you do not have anyone to collect them for you. It is important to keep ACPs open therefore DO NOT GO TO THE ACP YOURSELF - YOU WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.
Health Advice
To limit the spread of the disease the Department of Health have launched their Catch It! Bin It! Kill It! advice.
Catch your coughs and sneezes in a tissue.
Bin used tissues
Kill the virus by washing your hands with soap and water as soon as possible and use hand sanitizer gels if your hands are visibly clean.
Further advice is available at www.nhs.uk and www.direct.gov.uk/swineflu or call 0800 1 513 513 (free from UK landlines).
Events, Exercises and Meetings
Events, exercises and meetings taking place regionally and nationally that may be of interest to Emergency Planners in the region are available to download as Excel documents.
It is hoped that making this information available will help avoid conflicting meetings, exercises etc. The documents contain only details of events notified to the Regional Resilience Team.
To assist us in this you are asked to notify the Regional Resilience Team of any new events or errors. The Calendar can be found below in Related Documents.
