PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS: Health and Safety (6 July 2023)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has conducted a recent health and safety risk assessment of NHS estates.
Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Answer
The Department has not conducted a recent health and safety risk assessment of National Health Service estates.
NHS organisations are responsible for undertaking health and safety risk assessments for their estate. The assessments will be part of their own local policies and procedures. They will be consistent with national legislation such as The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, and guidance and standards that specifically apply to the NHS; for example, the Health Technical Memorandum 05-01: Managing healthcare fire safety.
Answered by:
Will Quince (Conservative)
14 July 2023
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