What is a Major Incident?

 

Internal Major Incident / Business Continuity Event

 

Any occurrence that presents serious threat to the Trust, disruption to the service

or causes (or is likely to cause) such impact to patient care within the Trust to

require î special arrangements to be implemented.

Can only be declared by Director On Call (Gold Commander), normally upon

advice from NHS Commissioning Board or LAS or Police.

Significant Internal Event

 

Any occurrence where the impact is largely contained within one part of the Trust

or where the event is part of regular or predictable occurrence e.g. Winter

pressures, Surge Capacity. These are described within existing policies. LAS

procedures detail responses to these situations.