Information last updated: 13 August 2024.

The Resilience framework committed to reinvigorating the national exercise programme, and the need for greater strategic oversight and direction in this area. This letter outlines our exercise programme for the NHS 2024 to 2030.

Off the shelf exercises

Cyber incident response Exercise (CIRE) library

A number of cyber incident response scenarios have been created to help develop and test understanding of how cyber incident response should be carried out in a health and social care setting and context.

Accessing these materials can be found here: Cyber incident response exercise (CIRE) – NHS Digital.

Additionally the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have also developed a number of ‘exercises in a box’. Further details can be found on their website: Exercise in a box – NCSC.GOV.UK

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) OTSE library

The OTSE library is part of the UKHSA funded programme by Department of Health and Social Care. These exercise frameworks are designed to be used by NHS funded providers, UKHSA and other key local partners as a resource to help review and enhance emergency preparedness, resilience and response within health.

From Spring 2023, the OTSEs will be available on an online digital platform that will contain all currently available titles.

Requests for OTSEs should be made to the UKHSA Exercises team at exercise.eprr@ukhsa.gov.uk, or search ‘ERD exercises’ on Resilience Direct.