The purpose of this policy is:
- To document the BrisDoc approach to forward planning for service delivery of Severnside Integrated Urgent Care service over the Winter months.
- To ensure that early warning systems are in place to identify risks to service delivery.
- To ensure that a robust action plan is in place to manage risk pro-actively and provide service resilience.
- To ensure that business continuity plans are in place to provide a swift and commensurate response to capacity pressures, severe weather conditions and epidemic disease.
- To ensure that system relationships are established with other healthcare providers in BNSSG to allow effective escalation and partnership working.