Table 19: Roles and responsibilities of the Australian Government, State and Territory Governments and the health sector during the Preparedness Stage. - Preparedness roles The Australian The State and Territory The joint role of Australian The role of other health sector Government role is to: Governments role is to: Government and State and parties is to: Territory Governments is to: Determine how national Determine how systems can Provide strategic advice to Prepare organisations to adapt to Overarching role systems can be adapted or be adapted or established to governments and other key the demands and circumstances of established to respond to respond to an influenza bodies on public health an influenza pandemic. an influenza pandemic. pandemic. actions to minimise the Participate in activities designed Formulate and maintain impact of communicable to prepare the health sector to health care safety and diseases in Australia and the respond to an influenza pandemic. quality standards and region [CDNA]. Contribute to the development of indicators. [ACSQHC]. Develop and maintain guidelines, to ensure they are Maintain the National guidance for public health useful and easily understood Incident Room (NIR) units to respond to influenza across the health sector. (including staff, infection (via the Series of Provide advice on the feasibility equipment, management National Guidelines (SoNGs) and impact of pandemic control systems). [CDNA]. measures. Surveillance: Establish and maintain Establish and maintain Provide public health Participate in influenza General surveillance systems to collate and systems to collect data to coordination of surveillance activities [GPs, labs, analyse jurisdictional data inform the jurisdictional communicable disease WHOCC, Aboriginal Health to identify emerging public health response and surveillance [CDNA]. Workers, Emergency Departments national trends. contribute to identification Establish and maintain (EDs)]. Establish and maintain of national trends. mechanisms to discuss and systems to collate and advise on surveillance data analyse international data that may indicate the threat of to show emerging trends. an influenza pandemic [CDNA].
Table 19: Roles and responsibilities of the Australian Government, State and Territory Governments and the health sector during the Preparedness Stage. - Preparedness roles The Australian Government role is to: The State and Territory Governments role is to: The joint role of Australian Government and State and Territory Governments is to: The role of other health sector parties is to: Overarching role Determine how national systems can be adapted or established to respond to an influenza pandemic. Formulate and maintain health care safety and quality standards and indicators. [ACSQHC]. Maintain the National Incident Room (NIR) (including staff, equipment, management systems). Determine how systems can be adapted or established to respond to an influenza pandemic. Provide strategic advice to governments and other key bodies on public health actions to minimise the impact of communicable diseases in Australia and the region [CDNA]. Develop and maintain guidance for public health units to respond to influenza infection (via the Series of National Guidelines (SoNGs) [CDNA]. Prepare organisations to adapt to the demands and circumstances of an influenza pandemic. Participate in activities designed to prepare the health sector to respond to an influenza pandemic. Contribute to the development of guidelines, to ensure they are useful and easily understood across the health sector. Provide advice on the feasibility and impact of pandemic control measures. Surveillance: General surveillance Establish and maintain systems to collate and analyse jurisdictional data to identify emerging national trends. Establish and maintain systems to collate and analyse international data to show emerging trends. Establish and maintain systems to collect data to inform the jurisdictional public health response and contribute to identification of national trends. Provide public health coordination of communicable disease surveillance [CDNA]. Establish and maintain mechanisms to discuss and advise on surveillance data that may indicate the threat of an influenza pandemic [CDNA]. Participate in influenza surveillance activities [GPs, labs, WHOCC, Aboriginal Health Workers, Emergency Departments (EDs)].