WATER MANAGEMENT
and instruction on the application of the new HTM 04-01, and gives an insight into the role of the Water Safety Group and the implementation of Water Safety Plans.”
Water – what’s the issue?
Surely water is not an issue? – just turn on the tap and there it is. However, there is more to it than that, says Mervyn Phipps, Authorising Engineer and Eastwood Park trainer, who argues that ‘establishing an appropriate management system for safe water systems is key to achieving a level of compliance that will not only make the systems safe for all service-users, staff, and visitors, but will also provide assurance that safety is a priority’.
Mervyn Phipps says: “The latest report from Public Health England (Legionnaires’ disease in residents of England and Wales 2016) provides evidence of a continual trend of confirmed and presumptive cases – 359 in 2016, of which six were nosocomial cases, and 202 were community-acquired. The number of deaths associated with cases was 25. The requirements of ACoP L8 and the technical guidance, HSG 274, should be well understood by now. The more recent HTM 04-01 (2016) may present a different challenge. HTM 04-01 has been with us for some time now, and all those involved in the management of water systems across healthcare provider estate portfolios should be ensuring that the mandatory
requirements of this HTM are being implemented and managed effectively. However, there are parts of the guidance that can cause confusion or perhaps not provide a clear steer.”
Grey water and rainwater “He continues: “Part A, page 17, section 2.23 of the HTM states that grey water and rainwater should not be collected for use on, or in, healthcare premises, and yet Part B is silent on providing guidance for those who have such systems in place. This begs the question – should they be decommissioned and removed, and, if not, what management processes should be implemented to safeguard patients, visitors, and staff?
Mike Quest
Mike Quest CEnv, IEng, BSc (Hons), MIWater, MWMSoc, MIHEEM, of Peninsula Water Hygiene, is an Eastwood Park trainer, independent consultant, and NHS Authorising Engineer. With over 25 years’ experience in the water industry, he has ‘vast experience and in-depth knowledge’ to bring to the water hygiene training he delivers. He founded his own company in 2005, providing Legionella services to all sectors, including healthcare and housing, and became an independent consultant in 2014, delivering training and auditing, and supporting a number of NHS organisations as an Authorising Engineer.
His recent most experience includes five years as a Committee member of the Legionella Control Association, and he is now one of the LCA’s Company Auditors, working with member organisations to ensure compliance with the Association’s Code of Conduct, and raising standards across the industry. He is also a Senior Member of the Water Management Society and a Member of IHEEM, presenting technical papers at events across the
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Mervyn Phipps
UK. His qualifications include an HND in Engineering, and an Honours Degree in Water Management; he is a Chartered Environmentalist and an Incorporated Engineer, and believes higher standards of competence are ‘founded on the provision of high quality training and self-driven professional development’.
Mervyn Phipps MBA, I.Eng, FIHEEM, FCMI,
MWM.Soc, MRSPH, of Synergistic Solutions Consultancy, is an IHEEM- registered Authorising Engineer (Water), with 30 years’ experience in all aspects of water safety and hygiene and estates management in the healthcare sector. He has led the development of Eastwood Park’s new portfolio of water courses for both healthcare and non- healthcare organisations. Previously with the NHS, as well as delivering training at Eastwood Park, he works with private and NHS organisations providing expert consultancy services as an Authorising Engineer (Water), plus other services and bespoke training. He is a Fellow of IHEEM, and a member of IHEEM’s Authorising Engineers (Water) register, a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, and a Member of the Water Management
Alan Hambidge
Society. His working experience in the healthcare sector enables him to offer his skills in water safety and the wider estate management field.
Alan Hambidge is a Chartered Biologist and Eastwood Park trainer, and an independent consultant with 30 years’ experience in the field of health and safety risk management, as well as a leading expert in legionellosis and water hygiene. A developer and deliverer of Eastwood Park’s commercial and healthcare water training, he has conducted ‘several hundred’ risk management audits, and co-ordinated thousands of risk management projects (including risk assessments) for local authorities, NHS organisations, universities, housing associations, industry, and other organisations.
He is an Authorising Engineer (Water) and (Health and safety), and an active member of various organisations and institutes, including IHEEM, HefmA, and IFHE. A three-time winner of the IHEEM John Bolton Memorial Prize, he runs his own company, Empathy Environmental Consultancy.
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