NHS: Buildings

(asked on 6th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the awareness amongst NHS Estates ManagersĀ of their obligations under the Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2015 and the application of those Regulations to facilities maintenance operations.


This question was answered on 20th February 2019

The Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2015 apply to all National Health Service construction and design work and as such are implemented across all capital investment, including the responsibilities of specific professionals employed. The business case approval process for capital funding implemented by NHS England and NHS Improvement assures appropriate elements of these regulations which are used to review business cases for capital received from the NHS. Staff with estates and facilities services responsibilities across the NHS receive training that should include awareness of their duties and obligations under these regulations, in line with individuals roles and responsibilities, including potential penalties for non-compliance in line with the Health and Safety Offences, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety and Hygiene Offences Sentencing Guidelines 2016. NHS Improvement and the Department have not discussed these regulations with the Health and Safety Executive recently.

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