Major Incident Training Exercise at Sheffield Children’s Hospital

Sheffield Children’s will be testing its Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) with a Major Incident Training Exercise taking place on Saturday 20 April . This multi-agency training allows us to test out our emergency procedures in a controlled environment.

The exercise will take place at Sheffield Children’s Hospital on Western Bank in the turning circle and outpatients department. It will involve a number of colleagues across the Trust and partner organisations covering a number of different roles.

Please remember:

• The aim is to simulate a real-life incident so you may see and hear multiple emergency services around the site as well as some actors simulating injuries. Please don’t be alarmed and remember that this is a test.
• Do not film or take photos of the exercise.
• If there is a real incident in the Trust we will stop the exercise and manage this appropriately.

Getting into Sheffield Children’s Hospital on 20 April

The turning circle and outpatients department is closed for the exercise from 08:30 until 14:00.

There will be volunteers helping divert anyone during the time of the exercise.

Our Emergency Department is open as normal.

Access to the hospital for families:

• Wards 1, 2 and 3:
  Access via stairs through main entrance.
  Access via lifts through underground car park or via Emergency Department (no lift access in outpatients area).
• Wards 4, 5, 6, neonatal surgical unit (NSU) paediatric critical care unit (PCCU)
  All access through Emergency Department.
  Colleagues will help guide anyone coming into these entrance through a diverted route.
• Damer Street entrance open as normal.
• All taxis to use Emergency Department for pick up / drop off.