Black AD, Moulsdale HJ, Evans MR, Simpson JL. National preparedness training and exercises for Ebola cases in the United Kingdom. World J Clin Infect Dis 2016; 6(1): 1-5 [DOI: 10.5495/wjcid.v6.i1.1]
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Andrew D Black, MD, Emergency Response Department, Public Health England, Porton, Salisbury SP4 0JG, United Kingdom. andrew.black@phe.gov.uk
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Infectious Diseases
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World J Clin Infect Dis. Feb 25, 2016; 6(1): 1-5 Published online Feb 25, 2016. doi: 10.5495/wjcid.v6.i1.1
National preparedness training and exercises for Ebola cases in the United Kingdom
Andrew D Black, Hilary J Moulsdale, Mark R Evans, John L Simpson
Andrew D Black, Hilary J Moulsdale, Mark R Evans, John L Simpson, Emergency Response Department, Public Health England, Salisbury SP4 0JG, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Black AD performed the majority of the writing and coordinated the writing of the paper and prepared the figures; Moulsdale HJ, Evans MR and Simpson JL contributed to the writing.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict of interest associated with any of the authors of this manuscript.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Andrew D Black, MD, Emergency Response Department, Public Health England, Porton, Salisbury SP4 0JG, United Kingdom. andrew.black@phe.gov.uk
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Received: May 27, 2015 Peer-review started: May 30, 2015 First decision: August 14, 2015 Revised: September 25, 2015 Accepted: December 9, 2015 Article in press: December 11, 2015 Published online: February 25, 2016
Abstract
In response to the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa, the Emergency Response Department of Public Health England produced a series of training and exercising materials to help prepare health and partner organisations in England and other jurisdictions in the United Kingdom deal with a possible case of Ebola in the United Kingdom. They were produced with input from health (NHS England, Health Protection Scotland, Public Health Wales) and other partner organisations. The exercising materials have been used by colleagues working in national and local level organisations in the United Kingdom and other countries in the European Union. Presented here is a description of these training and exercising materials and how they were delivered to the end user.
Core tip: This review summarises the public health training and exercising materials produced by Public Health England and used by national and local health responders to prepare for a case of Ebola Virus Disease in the United Kingdom. It describes the different training and exercise materials developed, how they were used and how they were delivered to their target audiences.
