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Pandemic planning (response to an Avian flu outbreak) is well underway to ensure the Primary Care sector in the Auckland Region is ready to respond to an Influenza pandemic. A plan for a Primary Care response has been agreed.
Consistent with national planning it separates patients into two streams, one for business as usual services and a separate stream for patients with suspected influenza.
DHB’s and PHO’s have together identified a network of practices in different geographical locations (called Key Practices) to manage business as usual services during a Pandemic, or any other emergency event.
For patients with Influenza like illness a network of Community Based Assessment Centres (CBACS) have been identified throughout the region, mostly located at Accident and Medical clinics.
There are a number of exercises planned to test the response from the health sector, this will test our systems to ensure we are ready to respond in the event of an emergency.
Pandemic Influenza Update
Update on Exercise Cruickshank - Newsletter Issue 3
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/pandemicinfluenza-exerciseprogramme-newsletters
The background section now contains information on legislation related to
Pandemic influenza
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/pandemicinfluenza-backgroundandlegislation#legislation
Latest news on pandemic influenza is available at
http://www.moh.govt.nz/pandemicinfluenza
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