Government produces bird flu continuity checklist for businesses
22 May 2006
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The UK Cabinet Office has published a checklist to help businesses with pandemic influenza planning. The foreword to the checklist spells out that the Government ?recommends that all organisations adopt robust and flexible generic business continuity management arrangements which will help ensure that the impact of any disruptions will be minimised?.
The Cabinet Office in conjunction with the CBI, the Institute of Directors, British Chamber of Commerce and others, has prepared the ?Business Checklist for Pandemic Flu Planning? checklist. It has been designed to provide a simple reference tool for businesses, which also allows the benchmarking of the current state of planning preparedness.
The checklist identifies important and specific activities which organizations can do to prepare for a pandemic as well as where more general guidance will be provided by the Government. Directed mainly at medium and large businesses, some elements will be of use to smaller businesses.
The checklist can be downloaded from: http://www.ukresilience.info/publications/060516flubcpchecklist.pdf.
Further information including Guidance on contingency planning for a possible influenza pandemic and Chapter 6 of Emergency Preparedness can be found at: www.ukresilience.info.
Workplace Law's Guide to Business Continuity Management is a downloadable publication from Workplace Law Publishing. Written by one of the leading authorities on the subject, Peter Power, this essential guide provides a framework for business managers to ensure that their organisation has an action plan in place in the event of an emergency situation arising. more info>>
22 May 2006
news item
The UK Cabinet Office has published a checklist to help businesses with pandemic influenza planning. The foreword to the checklist spells out that the Government ?recommends that all organisations adopt robust and flexible generic business continuity management arrangements which will help ensure that the impact of any disruptions will be minimised?.
The Cabinet Office in conjunction with the CBI, the Institute of Directors, British Chamber of Commerce and others, has prepared the ?Business Checklist for Pandemic Flu Planning? checklist. It has been designed to provide a simple reference tool for businesses, which also allows the benchmarking of the current state of planning preparedness.
The checklist identifies important and specific activities which organizations can do to prepare for a pandemic as well as where more general guidance will be provided by the Government. Directed mainly at medium and large businesses, some elements will be of use to smaller businesses.
The checklist can be downloaded from: http://www.ukresilience.info/publications/060516flubcpchecklist.pdf.
Further information including Guidance on contingency planning for a possible influenza pandemic and Chapter 6 of Emergency Preparedness can be found at: www.ukresilience.info.
Workplace Law's Guide to Business Continuity Management is a downloadable publication from Workplace Law Publishing. Written by one of the leading authorities on the subject, Peter Power, this essential guide provides a framework for business managers to ensure that their organisation has an action plan in place in the event of an emergency situation arising. more info>>