Question reference: S5W-29748
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 8 June 2020
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 June 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when each Regional Resilience Partnership last ran a pandemic planning exercise, and whether it will publish the results of these.
Answer
All three Regional Resilience Partnerships (North, East and West) participated in the Scottish Government Exercise Silver Swan in 2015. The exercise report and the follow-up report can be accessed via the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe), and will also be published imminently.
None of the Regional Resilience Partnerships have conducted pandemic planning exercises in recent years. At the Local Resilience Partnership level, the Highlands & Islands ran a Pandemic Influenza exercise (Exercise Odette) in November 2017. The exercise report for Exercise Odette has not been published.