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Tuesday, 24 April 2018

Circular details

Title: Business Continuity Management
Document ID: Operational Directive OD 0595/15
Date of issue: Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Status: Current
File number(s): F-AA-26945
Description: WA Health's Business Continuity Management (BCM) policy aims to support and foster an organisational culture that proactively manages the impact of uncertainty and disruption-related risk on the organisation's strategic and operational objectives.
Legal requirements: Public Sector Management Act 1994
Financial Management Act 2006
Applicable to: All WA Health entities and shared services
Framework: Public Health Policy Framework
Period of effect: from 12 March 2015 to 12 March 2020
Review date: 12 March 2020
Authorised by: Professor Bryant Stokes, A/Director General, Department of Health, 16-Mar-2015
Acrobat version:
Download this circular in Adobe Acrobat format.   Operational Directive - OD 0595/15  [1764KB]
Print version: View print version View print version

Attachments:

this attachment in Adobe Acrobat format   Business continuity management policy   [119KB]
this attachment in Adobe Acrobat format   Business Continuity Management - Requirements and principles for WA Health  [291KB]
this attachment in Adobe Acrobat format   Business Impact Analysis handbook  [641KB]
this attachment in MS Word 2007 or higher format   Business Continuity Plan (Template)  [454KB]
this attachment in MS Excel 2007 or higher format   Business Impact Analysis (Template)  [118KB]

Business Continuity Management

Purpose

WA Health is required by the Public Sector Commissioner and the Treasurer to practice Business Continuity Management (BCM) and ensure Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) are established, maintained, tested, reviewed and updated on a regular basis.

WA Health provides a range of health services to the public, some of which are considered critical services for the protection of lives. BCM ensures those critical services can continue to operate following a disruptive event or incident that would otherwise impair or stop them. BCM comprises both preparation and crisis management.

Policy Statement

All WA Health entities and shared services are required to practice BCM, and establish a BCP to ensure the continuity of critical business functions in the event of a disruption. BCPs are to integrate with the health service’s emergency procedure and risk management programs and align with the whole-of-health BCM policy outlined and attached to this Operational Directive.

 BCM Scope and Principles

A BCM program is to ensure the organisation’s BCP:

  • reflects the service’s vision, mission and key organisational objectives
  • is site-specific and  interconnects with key interdependencies
  • integrates with the service’s emergency procedure and risk management programs using an “all hazards” approach
  • is regularly maintained, tested and approved by an appropriate governance structure.

Compliance

Divisions and Health Services are to be compliant with the requirements listed in this Operational Directive.


Professor Bryant Stokes
A/DIRECTOR GENERAL
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

This circular last updated: Wednesday, 22 April 2015 at 11:13am

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