UK influenza pandemic preparedness strategy 2011

This document describes proposals for an updated, UK-wide strategic approach to planning for and responding to the demands of an influenza pandemic. It builds on, but supersedes, the approach set out in the 2007 National framework for responding to an influenza pandemic (and the Scottish equivalent), taking account of the experience and lessons learned in the H1N1 (2009) influenza pandemic and the latest scientific evidence. An overview of the science underpinning the proposals is being published in parallel with this document. This strategy is intended to inform the development of updated operational plans by local organisations and emergency planners