Summer Planning Toolkit modules
Module 1: Natural disasters and emergencies
Floods are becoming an increasing concern in Australia as a result of climate change, urbanisation and population growth. There are various types of floods which may affect your practice depending on your location and patient demographics, including:
Flooding can cause health, social and community impacts including loss of life, vector-borne diseases, injuries, mental health effects, displacement and homelessness and disruption of healthcare systems 5.
The RACGP’s Flooding and its impact fact sheet provides information on health risk factors and mitigation strategies during floods including communicable disease, physical health impacts, mental health effects and risk to infrastructure.
Practices affected by floods may have significant infrastructure damage, which can impact patient records management and their ability to access equipment for the provision of safe care. Indicator C3.3►A of the Standards accredited practices to support patients during adverse events, particularly regarding the storage of patient records and privacy principles. Further information on applying for accreditation extensions can be found here.
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