Post-review changes to major incident procedures
To whom it may concern,
I am requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding changes to major incident response procedures following the review of major incident triage that led to the development of the Major Incident Triage Tool (MITT).
Specifically, I would like to know:
1. Has this review of major incident triage led to changes in major incident response procedures other than the introduction of the MITT and the Ten Second Triage Tool and the deprecation of the Triage Sieve and Triage Sort?
2. If so, please provide a detailed list of these changes.
3. For each of these changes, please describe the timescale over which and how the change has been or will be implemented.
4. For each of these changes, please provide the rationale for making the change.
Thank you very much for your time and help.
Yours sincerely,
Leo Pritchard.
Dear Leo Pritchard,
Thank you for your email of 12 August 2024 in which you requested
information under the FOI Act from NHS England.
Your request was:
“I am requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
regarding changes to major incident response procedures following the
review of major incident triage that led to the development of the Major
Incident Triage Tool (MITT).
Specifically, I would like to know:
1. Has this review of major incident triage led to changes in major
incident response procedures other than the introduction of the MITT and
the Ten Second Triage Tool and the deprecation of the Triage Sieve and
Triage Sort?
2. If so, please provide a detailed list of these changes.
3. For each of these changes, please describe the timescale over which and
how the change has been or will be implemented.
4. For each of these changes, please provide the rationale for making the
change.”
Decision
NHS England does not hold the information you have requested.
NHS England is a single regulatory body responsible for overseeing the
funding, planning, delivery, transformation, and performance of NHS
healthcare in England. It is also responsible for providing unified,
national leadership for the NHS. NHS England does not directly deliver
clinical services. Any recorded information NHS England may be able to
provide in response to an FOI request will generally relate to the
functions we perform.
NHS England has not changed its organisational major incident response
procedures because it does not deliver front line clinical care.
Additionally, the Organisation does not hold this information for NHS
responders e.g. Ambulance Trusts that this affects.
As such, you may wish to redirect your request to local providers to
understand the impact regarding implementation. You can find a list of all
NHS providers [1]on our website.
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England request email].
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information
NHS England
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