Emergency Response Planning Tool

Country SA PHN has provided funding for general practices within our region to access and use the ERPT. An up-to-date plan which best positions your practice to appropriately prepare for, respond to and recover from, the impacts of emergencies with your community.  

This video has a brief overview of the modules included in the Emergency Response Planning Tool. - https://vimeo.com/852539420/39a6b316e3

How does it work? 

The critical information entered into the ERPT is used to create an emergency response plan which is individually tailored to your practice, providing a roadmap to recovering from emergencies. 

Maintaining an up-to-date emergency plan helps ensure the safety of your staff, the smooth recovery of your practice and reduces the risk of financial loss. 

To ensure business continuity, the ERPT provides suggested contingency measures for staff so that, in the event of an emergency, they will know how to respond to: 

• Pandemic 
• loss of power supply to the practice 
• disruption to water and gas supplies 
• disruption to telecommunications systems 
• loss of IT systems or data 
• loss of business records 
• complete or partial loss of practice premises 
• loss of medical supplies, equipment and furniture 
• loss or non–availability of key staff 
• Covid safety plan.