Name:                                   Stephen M Berry

Position:                               Civil Contingencies Officer

Specialisations:

• Information Sharing & Communicating with the Public
• Health Emergency Response and Recovery Planning
• Pandemic Flu Contingency Planning
• Media Liaison Plans
• Lower Tier COMAH
• Health Major Incident Response Team Member
• Business Continuity Management

Biography:

Steve joined the unit in October 2005 on completion of 23 years military service with the Army.  The majority of his military service was conducted in the operations rooms ranging from the Ministry of Defence Crisis Management Organisation/Joint Operations Centre at Whitehall, to detachment operations rooms whilst on overseas operational deployments.

Steve is primarily responsible for providing specialist advice, support and guidance to the CCU's NHS stakeholders in the south of the county.  In addition, Steve sits on the Joint Agency Project Group for Information Sharing and Communicating with the Public and he also plays a leading role in building the SRF's Business Continuity strategy.