STAFF from Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust got the chance to practice the role they would play in a major emergency by taking part in a training exercise.
A broad selection of staff from across the Trust, which runs Basingstoke hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, in Winchester, and Andover War Memorial Hospital, took part in two separate exercises aimed at testing and improving incident response plans.
The exercises were devised and organised by the Trust’s Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response team and took place over two days at Norton Park Hotel, near Sutton Scotney.
During the exercises, staff had to respond to a serious accident involving a train and a school bus. There were multiple casualties and the exercise tested decision-making at all command levels within the Trust, with ward staff, operational managers and board members among those taking part, as well as processes in the incident response plan.
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