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NHS Emergency Planning Officer Training
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Course Title: Health Emergency Planning Officer Course - Module 2: Hazard Mapping, Risk Identification and Mitigation
Who Should Attend: These courses are intended for those within Acute and Mental Health Trusts, Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities who are responsible for preparing and ensuring the validation of their organisation’s emergency plan.
Objectives: By the end of Module Two delegates will be able to:
- Explain the difference between ‘hazards’ and ‘threats’.
- Conduct a process of hazard identification within their organisation, relative to the Civil Contingencies Act.
- Conduct a qualitative risk assessment.
- Explain the difference between qualitative and quantitative risk assessments.
- Describe the NHS requirement for, and the content and purpose of a risk register and its applicability to emergency management.
- Describe the principles of effective risk communication and apply them to the emergency management risks within their own organisation.
- Identify and evaluate ways in which emergency management risks may be mitigated within the NHS environment.
Assessment: Certificates of attendance will be awarded after each completed module. On successful completion of all seven modules, you will be eligible to sit the Diploma in Health Emergency Management (DipHEP).
Developmental Training: Delegates must complete Module One before moving on to any of the second tier modules. Second tier modules can then be completed in any sequence, however it is strongly recommended that Modules Three and Four are completed consecutively. It is also recommended that Module Five be completed prior to Module Six unless absolutely unavoidable.
Director: Winston Kobylka
Dates & Rates:
- tbc
- These courses are free of charge to delegates, however a cancellation fee of £220 applies.
Further Information
For further information about the course contact Learning Support 01347 825042
EPC.Learning.Support@Cabinet-Office.x.gsi.gov.uk
We reserve the right to amend details of course programmes without notice.
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