Healthcare Estates Leading Legionella expertise
The Legionella Control Association claims to be the UK’s leading membership organisation for companies that provide services and products for the control of Legionella bacteria in water systems. The Association’s purpose is ‘to continually raise industry standards, and thus make an important contribution to keeping water systems safe’. The LCA said: “The LCA Recommended Code of Conduct requires its 355 members to draw up a Statement of Compliance addressing nine Service Provider Commitments of the Code of Conduct, and to establish and maintain appropriate management systems for those services
that they offer associated with the control of Legionella. Members are audited annually by LCA assessors for the services they offer – Legionella risk assessment, water treatment services, hot and cold water monitoring and inspection, cleaning and disinfection, independent consultancy, training, Legionella analytical, plant and equipment, and FM.” The LCA is a voluntary, independent,
not-for-profit organisation, with close links with the Health and Safety Executive and other public health authorities. It regularly participates in consultations, task groups, and conferences on minimising the risk of Legionella and Legionnaires’ disease.
Loans to help cut energy bills
Salix Finance is a non-profit organisation that seeks to help NHS Trusts reduce their energy bills by providing interest- free loans to fund energy-saving projects throughout England.
Since starting work with the NHS in 2007, it has worked with 54 NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts across England, funding projects valued at £44 million. Salix says it ‘continues to fund technologies which support the NHS in reaching carbon and spending reduction targets’.
The organisation said “Hospitals are using Salix’s funding from the government to invest in technologies that have a valuable impact on wards, and in improving other patient and staff environments. This capital is paid back
using the savings produced through reduced energy bills.”
Salix supports over 120 energy- efficient technologies, with the most popular NHS technologies including CHP, LED lighting, heat recovery, boiler replacements, and building energy management systems. It said: “If you have ageing or inefficient equipment that needs replacing, come and speak to Salix to see how to apply.”
Enhancing mental
healthcare environments
The Kingsway Group, a specialist manufacturer of glazed panels, hardware, and doorsets for mental healthcare, says its wide range of products ‘have unique features for overcoming the challenges the mental health sector faces – in terms of staff and patient safety, privacy and dignity issues, and general robustness’. In Manchester, the Kingsway Group will show ‘a small selection of products’, including a full-size anti-barricade doorset fitted with its Logica hardware, glazed with a Duralux panel from its Lux family of products.
The company said: “All our products and systems have been developed as a result of advice and guidance from those working within the mental healthcare sector, and many of our initial designs were tested for flaws and defects in the early stages by those within these environments. Our products have thus constantly evolved to keep up with fresh challenges – to make mental healthcare environments a better place for both staff and service-users.”
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