This briefing supports commissioners by outlining the scope and
importance of emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR) and
their own role in it, key questions and answers regarding EPRR, and
sources of further information and guidance. It draws on the national
specification for ambulance emergency preparedness, published in 2012 by
the National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU), and the NHS
Commissioning Board’s newly published core standards for EPRR.
