1. The date of the Trust’s own most recent communications systems exercise. I am not requesting the date of any communications systems exercise initiated by another organisation.
The Trust’s recent communication exercise was held on 26 March 2024.
2. The date of the most recent table-top exercise.
Although, the Trust has not held any formal exercises in recent years – the last was in 2019 – the Trust has responded to the Covid Pandemic, Industrial Actions and internal incidents where we have activated our incident coordination centre. All of these contribute to our learning and development and improvement within the Trust.
3. The date of the most recent live play exercise. I am aware the NHS EPRR Framework states that if an organisation activates its plan then this replaces the need to run a live exercise “providing lessons are identified and logged and an action plan developed”. Nevertheless I request the date of the most recent live play exercise, not activation of the plan.
See response to question 2.
4. The date of the most recent command post exercise. I am aware the NHS EPRR Framework states that if an organisation activates its Incident Coordination Centre then this replaces the need to run command post exercise “providing lessons are identified and logged and an action plan developed”. Nevertheless I request the date of the most recent command post exercise, not activation of the ICC.
See response to question 2.
5. The date of the most recent Incident Coordination Centre equipment test.
Our Incident Coordination equipment is tested monthly.
