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Nationwide Healthcare Connections
Healthcare Connections is an occupational health company providing solutions to businesses and organisations planning for a human flu pandemic.
In contrast to ‘ordinary’ or ‘seasonal’ flu outbreaks, which we see every winter, resulting in around 12,000 deaths each year in the UK, flu pandemics occur less frequently, usually only every few decades.
A pandemic is overdueScientists and governments around the world are concerned a flu pandemic outbreak is now overdue. What is difficult to predict is when the pandemic will hit and how quickly it will infect countries around the world.
The pandemic will be a new virus so people will not have any natural immunity, the flu virus will therefore spread rapidly; even young, healthy adults, who do not usually fall ill with seasonal flu, will be in danger.
The UK Government is planning for a pandemic flu attack rate of up to 50% of the population. Hundreds of thousands of people will be ill and thousands of people will require hospitalisation. In a pandemic the UK Government is planning for an additional 750,000 deaths caused by the pandemic flu virus.
How will businesses cope?
With businesses and organisations already struggling in a difficult economic climate, a pandemic flu outbreak will be crippling. Crisis management teams and business continuity planners must analyse the potential impact of an influenza pandemic. Plans should include scenarios for differing levels of employee absenteeism resulting from sickness, refusal to travel/attend work or the necessity to care for family members in a pandemic situation.
A flu pandemic is a healthcare issue that raises the possibility of large scale staff shortages. Therefore the main focus of our solution is to manage absenteeism by a targeted protection plan. This site contains vital information about the threat of a flu pandemic and the risk is to your organisation.
Nationwide Healthcare Connections Ltd offers a unique pre-pandemic influenza healthcare solution for businesses, Trade Unions and Organisations - our Antiviral Protection Plan. To find out more about the Antiviral Protection Plan and how it works please click here.
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