iQ Pandemic Flu Planner

Already adopted by many PCTs, it is now widely recognised as THE effective pandemic flu planning and management tool for general practice, pharmacies and out-of-hours services.

Everyone expected that the next pandemic would be the H5N1 avian flu virus which kills over 60% of infected people. Fortunately it was brought by the more benign H1N1 virus, however it still exposed large gaps in healthcare systems and their plans to deal with increased staff absence due to illness and caring responsibilities at a time when demands on services were at their highest.

The development of a new strain is as likely now as it was in 2009/10 and all NHS organisations should give high priority to put in place, review, test and update their pandemic plans.