Date: 5 May 2009

Social Care Providers

Dear Sir/Madam,

Swine Flu - Emergency Planning

You will be aware of the threat of pandemic and this has set the Council’s emergency planning process in motion. Under the Civil Contingencies Act (Scotland) 2005, we require to ensure that we provide essential services during an emergency. As a provider of social care services, it is our expectation that your organisation will be ready and have appropriate arrangements in place to manage service delivery should the situation escalate.

If you encounter a particular difficulty in managing the implications of this situation please contact the appropriate care group lead as identified below. If your organisation provides services across care groups, please make this known to the officer you contact and they will liaise with relevant sections.

Care Group Contact Phone E mail
Addictions Gail Reid 0141 276 6600 gail.reid@glasgow.gov.uk
Children and Families Pat Coltart 0141 420 5561 pat.coltart@glasgow.gov.uk
Criminal Justice Pat Coltart 0141 420 5561 pat.coltart@glasgow.gov.uk
Homelessness Petra Mathias 0141 276 4859 khalid.shams@sw.glasgow.gov.uk
Learning Disability James Thomson 0141 276 3600 megan.lamont@glasgow.gov.uk
Mental Health Carol Heron 0141 276 5900 carol.heron@sw.glasgow.gov.uk
Older People Mary O’Toole 0141 276 5912 mary.o’toole@sw.glasgow.gov.uk
Physical Disability Mary O’Toole 0141 276 5912 mary.o’toole@sw.glasgow.gov.uk

Under noted are web links where you will find further information on swine flu:

Scottish Government
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/health/AvianInfluenza/mexicanswiuneflu

World Health Organisation
http://www.who.int/en/

Yours sincerely,

David Crawford

Executive Director Social Care Services

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