Annex. Structure & Function of National & State Committees Active During Alert & Response Phases of a Pandemic

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Annex

Structure & Function of National & State Committees Active During Alert &

Response Phases of a Pandemic

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Table 1 National health sector committees functional during ALERT & RESPONSE phases of a pandemic

National Health Sector Committees Function

Committee WA Health

representation

Committee Reports to

Pandemic Alert Pandemic Response Pandemic Recovery AHMAC

Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council

Director General AHMC

Australian Health Ministers Council

AHPC

Australian Health Protection Committee

(Sub-committee of AHMAC)

AHPC is supported by the Dept of Health & Ageing Office of Health Protection

Chief Health Officer AHMAC  Key advisory body to health ministers concerning the planning for & response to health emergencies.

 Facilitates the development of national health emergency policies, guidelines & standards.

 Provides a cross-jurisdictional response to public health emergencies.

The Secretary of DoHA & State Health Department CEOs join AHPC in making strategic decisions or when developing advice to inform a whole of government response.

Coordinates the national, inter-jurisdictional health response for the duration of the pandemic.

AQIS

Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (Division of Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry)

- AHMAC  Implements the Quarantine Act 1908  Administers human quarantine services

at the border on behalf of the Dept of Health & Ageing (DoHA)

International border control in collaboration with state & territory health department human quarantine officers

AHPC/NIC

National Immunisation Committee working group

Dir, CDCD Project Officer-Pandemic Influenza Planning

AHPC Advises on the use of pandemic vaccines. Refer to Pandemic Control Network

CDNA

Communicable Disease Network Australia

Director, CDCD AHPC Sub-committee of AHPC

 Provides public health leadership

 Establishes national pandemic influenza surveillance methods & provides operational resources for the investigation & control of pandemic influenza outbreaks

 Provides communicable disease & epidemiological advice to the AHMAC through the AHPC

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representation

Pandemic Alert Pandemic Response Pandemic

Recovery CQO

Chief Quarantine Officers Network

Director, CDCD CMO & AHPC The CQON provides operational planning advice on border control

Refer to Pandemic Control Network

COAG PWG Council of Australian Governments Pandemic Working Group

Director, CDCD COAG Whole of Government response. It is Australia’s peak inter-governmental forum. Supported development of the National Action Plan for Human Pandemic Influenza

This group becomes the NPEC

EAG

Expert Advisory Group to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO)

- CMO  Members are drawn from

NIPAC, CDNA, Dept of Health & Ageing

 Provides medical, scientific and epidemiological advice to the CMO on level of risk & pandemic phase

 Determines antiviral priority group recipients during containment & maintenance phases

Advises on pandemic phases

NHEMRN National Health Emergency Media Response Network

Public Affairs Branch AHPC Develop a coordinated public communication response during a pandemic

 Coordinates Dept of Health & Ageing’s Media Unit

 & the public communications response to health emergencies.

 Distribute relevant information.

 Coordinate website material across states and territories

 Activate the conference text messaging service for all members NIPAC

National Influenza Pandemic Action Committee

Now Scientific Advisory Group (SIAG) Dir, Division of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, PathWest CMO

Dept of Health & Ageing

Provides scientific & clinical advice to the CMO & Dept of Health & Ageing on vaccines, antiviral drugs, influenza surveillance, jurisdictional planning, infection control & research priorities

Ongoing Reviews the national

public health response to the pandemic Advises Dept of Health & Ageing on revisions to the National Action Plan

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representation

Recovery NPEC

National Pandemic Emergency Committee Supports COAG

Chief Health Officer Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet

 Activated once O/S4 declared

 Oversees implementation of the National Action Plan for Human Pandemic Influenza

 Provides strategic advice to COAG

 Changes phase of pandemic alert in Australia

 Introduces border control measures, quarantine & social distancing

 Declares national emergency

 Communicates key messages to public

 Coordination of critical supplies

Supports consistent national recovery strategies

Recommends stand down from national emergency PCN Pandemic Control Network Dir, CDCD Chief Quarantine Officer Director, Division of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, PathWest

AHPC Refer to CDNA & PHLN Combined expertise of the following groups: CDNA, PHLN, CQO, IPPWG, AHPC/NIC

Reviews epidemiology, surveillance plans and case management guidelines

PHLN

Public Health Laboratory Network

Director, Division of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, PathWest

AHPC  Maintains collaborative links between pathology

laboratories

 Advises CDNA & National Public Health Partnership to ensure optimal use of laboratory resources for surveillance during an influenza pandemic

IDETF

(Australian Government) Interdepartmental Emergency Taskforce

- Department of

Prime Minister & Cabinet

Inter-departmental emergency taskforce of heads of federal agencies

Makes key national decisions affecting Australians overseas

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representation

Recovery IDC

Inter-departmental Committee

- Department of

Prime Minister & Cabinet

Pandemic prevention and preparedness IPPWG Inter-jurisdictional Pandemic planning Working Group Project Officer – Pandemic influenza Planning

AHPC Ensures national consistency across jurisdictional operational responses

SIAG

Scientific Influenza Advisory Group

- CMO  Provides scientific and clinical

advice on pandemic influenza related matters

 Reviews pandemic influenza planning assumptions

See SPAG

SPAG

Scientific Pandemic Advisory Group

- CMO - SIAG & VAG combines to form SPAG

 Advises on the medical and scientific basis for health sector interventions

 Advises on the need to modify response policies.

VAG

Vaccine Advisory Group

- CMO Advises on vaccines that could

be used to control a pandemic virus.

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Figure 1 National health sector committees functional during the

ALERT

phase of a pandemic

G ro up P erson /

O rga nisa tion

V acc in e A d vis o ry G ro u p (V A G ) S cien tific In flu e n za A d vis o ry G ro u p (S IA G ) C h ie f Q u a ra n tin e O ffic ers N e tw o rk (C Q O N ) E x p ert A d vis o ry G ro u p (E A G ) C o m m u n ic a b le D ise ases N e tw o rk A u stralia (C D N A ) P u b lic H ea lth L a b o ra to ry N e tw o rk (P H L N ) A H P C / N a tio n a l Im m u n is a tio n C o m m itte e P an d e m ic V acc in e W o rk in g G ro u p N atio n a l H ea lth E m erg en cy M e d ia R es p o n se N e tw o rk (N H E M R N ) In ter-ju risd ic tio n al P a n d e m ic P la n n e rs W o rk in g G ro u p (IP P W G )

A u s tra lia n H ea lth M in is ters ’ C o n fe re n ce (A H M C )

A u s tra lia n H ea lth M in is ters ’ A d vis o ry C o u n cil (A H M A C )

A u s tra lia n H ea lth P ro tec tio n C o m m ittee (AH P C )

C h ie f M e d ic a l O ffic er (C M O ) O ffic e o f H ea lth P ro tec tio n

in th e N a tio n a l In c id e n t R o o m

W h o le o f G o ve rnm en t

L eg e n d

W hole o f G o ve rn m en t H e a lth S e cto r S tra te gic H e a lth S e cto r E xp e rt A d vice

H e a lth S e cto r O p e ra tio n al a nd A d viso ry

P lan n in g a n d

P rep ared n ess

(A L E R T )

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Figure 2 National health sector committees functional during the RESPONSE phase of a

pandemic O ffic e o f H e a lth P ro te c tio n in th e N a tio n a l In c id e n t R o o m P a n d e m ic C o n tro l N e tw o rk S & T C E O /D o H A S e c re ta ry a n d A u s tra lia n H e a lth P ro te c tio n C o m m itte e (A H P C ) C h ie f M e d ic a l O ffic e r (C M O ) N a tio n a l H e a lth E m e rg e n c y M e d ia R e s p o n s e N e tw o rk (N H E M R N ) S c ie n tific P a n d e m ic A d v is o ry G ro u p (S P A G ) G ro up P e rso n / O rg a n isa tio n E x p e rt A d v is o ry G ro u p (E A G ) W h o le o f G o v e rn m e n t L e g e n d W h ole o f G o ve rn m en t H e a lth S e cto r S tra te g ic H e a lth S e cto r E xp e rt A d vice

H e a lth S e cto r O p e ra tio n a l a n d A d vis o ry

R e s p o n s e

(D E L A Y to R E C O V E R )

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Table 2 State committees functional during alert & response phases of a pandemic

Western Australia Committees Functional status

Committee Membership DOHWA

representation

Reports to Pandemic Alert Pandemic Response Pandemic

Recovery HSPPWP Health Services Pandemic Planning Working Party Manager, DPMU Project Manager – Hospital Pandemic Planning, DPMU Metropolitan public & private hospital representatives Principal Scientist, PathWest Chair, Manager, DPMU HHCG Hospital Health Coordinators Group Coordinates the development of metropolitan public and private hospital pandemic influenza business continuity plans. HHCG Hospital Health Coordinators Group Manager, DPMU Senior Policy Officer, DPMU WA Country Health Service Principal Medical Consultant, Health Protection Group Metropolitan Hospital / Health Service Coordinators PathWest Chair, Manager, DPMU Health Services Subcommittee Coordinates metropolitan health service

preparedness planning for a major incident

 Activates hospital BCPs

 Advises on the management of health services during periods of acute surge capacity

 Coordinates the response by metropolitan health services to a major incident  Assess impact on health services HSS Health Services Sub-committee Formerly State Health Disaster Management Committee Chair, Manager, DPMU During the Interpandemic period reports to the State Emergency Management Committee (SEMC) During the pandemic response period reports to the State Emergency Coordination Group (SECG)

Maintains WESTPLAN – HEALTH

Assists the State Health Coordinator in strategic planning & management of major health

emergencies, including sourcing health service resources

Assists the State Health Coordinator in the management of major health emergencies, including sourcing health service resources Provides support to the State Human Epidemic Controller

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representation

Recovery HSS Health Services Sub-committee Formerly State Health Disaster Management Committee Chair, Manager, DPMU During the Interpandemic period reports to the State Emergency Management Committee (SEMC) During the pandemic response period reports to the State Emergency Coordination Group (SECG)

Maintains WESTPLAN – HEALTH

Assists the State Health Coordinator in strategic planning & management of major health

emergencies, including sourcing health service resources

Assists the State Health Coordinator in the management of major health emergencies, including sourcing health service resources Provides support to the State Human Epidemic Controller PING Public Information Group Sub-committee of the SEMC/SECG Public Affairs Branch

SEMC/SECG Responsible for informing

and educating the public about emergencies Distribution of DoH media releases & other

information to key government and non-government stakeholders SDC State Disaster Council Premier Relevant ministers Senior officials During a state of

emergency the SDC is the peak decision-making body in WA SEMC State Emergency Management Committee State Emergency Coordinator is the Police Commissioner 4 functional groups: - Emergency Services - Public Information - Lifeline Services - Recovery Services Dept of Community Development Dept of Health State Health Coordinator

Minister of Police & Emergency Services State Disaster Council National Pandemic Emergency Committee

Develops WA emergency management

arrangements

Becomes the State Emergency Coordination Group (SECG)

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representation

Recovery SECG

State Emergency Coordination Group

Key agencies involved in response and recovery as listed above. State Health Coordinator State Human Epidemic Controller

State Disaster Council Response arm of the

SEMC

Established by State Emergency Coordinator at the request of the Hazard Management Agency to assist in the provision of a coordinated (non-health) multi-agency response. Contributes to national response efforts through COAG and NPEC SHEEMC State Human Epidemic Emergency Management Committee SHEMC is a sub-committee of SEMC Medical Coordinators, CDCD Medical Epidemiologist, CDCD Clinical Director, Department of Microbiology, PathWest Director Environmental Health

State Health Coordinator Executive Officer Emergency Management (DoH)

Legal advisor (DoH) Consumer representative Manager, DPMU Health Services Subcommittee Support development of WESTPLAN – Human Epidemic

Members co-opted from WAIPAC & CDC Strategic Advisory Group

Provides expert advice to the State Epidemic Controller Reviews emergency response post-pandemic WAGHIPT WA Government Human Influenza Pandemic Taskforce Executive

Dept of Premier& Cabinet Dept of Health

Dept of Community Development Fire & Emergency Services Authority WA Police

WA Local Gov Assoc

Director, CDCD Dept Premier & Cabinet COAG

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Western Australia Functional status

representation

Recovery WAGHIPT WA Government Human Influenza Pandemic Taskforce

Dept of Premier& Cabinet Dept of Health

Dept of Industry & Resources

Dept of Consumer & Employment Protection Dept of the Attorney General

Dept of Treasury & Finance Dept of Community Development WA Police WA Local Government Association Director, CDCD WAGHIPT Executive

Reviews & refines the WA Government Human Influenza Pandemic Plan Oversees whole-of-government planning activities against each of the WHO 6 phases

State Emergency Coordination Group assumes responsibility (same membership). WAPIAC WA Pandemic Influenza Advisory Committee Sub-committee of the State Human Epidemic Emergency Management Committee (SHEEMC) Director Communicable Disease Control Directorate

State Health Coordinator Medical Coordinator, CDCD, DoH Medical Epidemiologist, CDCD, DoH Infectious diseases epidemiologist Clinical Virologist, PathWest Director, Environmental Health Directorate, DoH Areawide Medical Coordinator, DoH Country Health Services, DoH

Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture Director, Public Relations, DoH Infectious diseases WAGHIPT Health Services Subcommittee During the Interpandemic period reports to the State Emergency Management Committee (SEMC) During the pandemic response period reports to the State Emergency Coordination Group (SECG)

Support development of the WA Health

Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza (WAHMPPI)

Support the development of pandemic influenza business continuity plans by major stakeholders Informs the State Health Disaster Management Committee

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physician, DoH Infection Control Practitioner, DoH General Practitioner WA Local Government Association Coroner’s Office Mental Health Metropolitan Cemeteries Board St John Ambulance WA Police Pharmacy representative Australian Funeral Directors Association December 2008

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