IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/pubmgr/v15y2013i3p330-343.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Vulnerability of Public Spaces: Challenges for UK hospitals under the 'new' terrorist threat

Author

Listed:
  • Denis Fischbacher-Smith
  • Moira Fischbacher-Smith

Abstract

This article considers the challenges for hospitals in the United Kingdom that arise from the threats of mass-casualty terrorism. Whilst much has been written about the role of health care as a rescuer in terrorist attacks and other mass-casualty crises, little has been written about health care as a victim within a mass-emergency setting. Yet, health care is a key component of any nation's contingency planning and an erosion of its capabilities would have a significant impact on the generation of a wider crisis following a mass-casualty event. This article seeks to highlight the nature of the challenges facing elements of UK health care, with a focus on hospitals both as essential contingency responders under the United Kingdom's civil contingencies legislation and as potential victims of terrorism. It seeks to explore the potential gaps that exist between the task demands facing hospitals and the vulnerabilities that exist within them.

Suggested Citation

  • Denis Fischbacher-Smith & Moira Fischbacher-Smith, 2013. "The Vulnerability of Public Spaces: Challenges for UK hospitals under the 'new' terrorist threat," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(3), pages 330-343, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmgr:v:15:y:2013:i:3:p:330-343
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2013.769851
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/14719037.2013.769851
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/14719037.2013.769851?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Matthew Miller & Sudipta Chowdhury & Ammar Alzarrad & Niamat Ullah Ibne Hossain, 2024. "Synergetic Decision-Making: Analyzing the Interplay of Human Behavior and Physical Infrastructure in Emergency Evacuations via an Analytical Approach," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 25(4), pages 785-803, December.
    2. Denis Fischbacher-Smith, 2016. "Framing the UK’s counter-terrorism policy within the context of a wicked problem," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(6), pages 399-408, September.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:pubmgr:v:15:y:2013:i:3:p:330-343. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/RPXM20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.