Date:
27 April 2024
Page URL:
https://ntk.eastamb.nhs.uk/news/business-continuity-week-loss-of-it.htm?pr=
This week (16th-20th May) is Business Continuity Awareness week. Organised by the Business Continuity Institute, the week aims to raise awareness of the importance of business continuity and resilience in organisations such as ours.
The theme for the week is return on investment and, in addition to the obvious benefits business continuity has in the event of a disruption, it will look at the other advantages it may have.
So what is business continuity?
Business continuity management is a process that identifies potential threats to our organisation and the impacts to business operations those threats might cause if realised. It provides a framework around which to build organisational resilience, providing an effective response to such threats that safeguards the interests of patients, staff, key stakeholders and our reputation.
What can you do to support business continuity?
All staff should check with their line managers to ensure they know what is expected of them in an emergency or when their departmental business continuity plan is put into play. They should know who their plan writer is and where they can access a copy of the plan.
Everyone should ideally have their own arrangements to ensure they can get to work in adverse circumstances, but more importantly than that – if you know of a way to improve anything we do – don’t keep it to yourself!
To promote the awareness week, tips of the day will be uploaded to Need to Know each day.
Tip of the day
Loss of IT
What can go wrong?
What can you do?
If you would like any further information on business continuity, please contact our Business Continuity Lead, Ian Crowson, by emailing ian.crowson@eastamb.nhs.uk.
Published 16th May, 2016