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1 Health Technical Memorandum 06-01 Electrical services supply and distribution2017 editionMay 2016 Health Technical Memorandum 0 6 - 01: Electrical services supply and distribution2017 editioniiHealth Technical Memorandum 06-01: Electrical services supply and distribution (2017 Edition) Crown copyright 2017 You may re-use this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or me-dium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: document is available from our PrefaceAbout Health Technical MemorandaHealth Technical Memoranda (HTMs) give comprehensive advice and guidance on the design, installation and operation of specialised building and engineering technology used in the delivery of focus of Health Technical Memorandum guidance remains on healthcare-specific elements of standards, policies and up-to-date established best practice.

2 They are applicable to new and existing sites, and are for use at various stages during the whole building lifecycle (see diagram below).Healthcare providers have a duty of care to ensure that appropriate governance arrangements are in place and are managed effectively. The Health Technical Memorandum series provides best practice engineering standards and policy to enable management of this duty of is not the intention within this suite of documents to unnecessarily repeat international or European standards, industry standards or UK Government legislation. Where appropriate, these will be Technical engineering guidance is a vital tool in the safe and efficient operation of healthcare facilities.

3 Health Technical Memorandum guidance is the main source of specific healthcare-related guidance for estates and facilities core suite of nine subject areas provides access to guidance which: is more streamlined and accessible; encapsulates the latest standards and best practice in healthcare engineering, technology and sustainability; provides a structured reference for healthcare & IDENTIFYOPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTSSPECIFICATIONS Technical & OUTPUTPROCUREMENTCOMMISSIONINGMAINTENANC EOPERATIONALMANAGEMENTCONCEPTDISPOSALO ngoing Review CONSTRUCTIONINSTALLATIONRE-USEivHealth Technical Memorandum 06-01: Electrical services supply and distribution (2017 Edition)Structure of the Health Technical Memorandum suiteThe series contains a suite of nine core subjects.

4 Health Technical Memorandum 00 Policies and principles (applicable to all Health Technical Memoranda in this series)Choice Framework for local Policy and Procedures 01 DecontaminationHealth Technical Memorandum 02 Medical gasesHealth Technical Memorandum 03 Heating and ventilation systemsHealth Technical Memorandum 04 Water systemsHealth Technical Memorandum 05 Fire safetyHealth Technical Memorandum 06 Electrical servicesHealth Technical Memorandum 07 Environment and sustainabilityHealth Technical Memorandum 08 Specialist servicesAll Health Technical Memoranda are supported by the initial document Health Technical Memorandum 00 which embraces the management and operational policies from previous documents and explores risk management variation in style and structure is reflected by the

5 Topic and approach of the different review working 07 Environment &SustainabilityHTM 08 SpecialistServicesHTM 01 DecontaminationHTM 02 MedicalGasesHTM 06 ElectricalServicesHTM 03 Heating &VentilationSystemsHTM 04 WaterSystemsHTM 05 FireSafetyPolicies andPrinciplesINTERNATIONAL&EUROPEANSTAND ARDSINTERNATIONAL&EUROPEANSTANDARDSINDUS TRYSTANDARDSINDUSTRYSTANDARDSHEALTHSPECI FICDOCUMENTSHEALTHSPECIFICDOCUMENTSHEALT HSPECIFICDOCUMENTSHTM 00v DH Estates and Facilities Division wishes to acknowledge the contribution made by professional bodies, engineering consultants, healthcare specialists and NHS staff who have contributed to the production of this resources in the DH Estates and Facilities knowledge seriesHealth Building NotesHealth Building Notes give best practice guidance on the design and planning of new healthcare buildings and on the adaptation/extension of existing provide information to support the briefing and design processes for individual projects in the NHS building Health Technical Memoranda should be read in conjunction with the relevant parts of the Health Building Note Premises Assurance Model (NHS PAM)

6 The NHS PAM is a tool that allows NHS organisations to better understand the efficiency, effectiveness and level of safety with which they manage their estate and how that links to patient experience. The NHS PAM has two distinct but complementary parts: Self-assessment questions: supporting quality and safety compliance; Metrics: supporting efficiency of the estate and further information, visit the NHS PAM to obtain publicationsHealth Technical Memoranda are available from the UK Government s website at: Building Notes are available from the same site at: Technical Memorandum 06-01: Electrical services supply and distribution (2017 Edition)Executive summaryPreambleChanges in application, design and statutory requirements have led to the introduction of a new generation of equipment and new standards of reliability, hence, the need for an update to Health Technical Memorandum 06-01 This current review and update of Health Technical Memorandum 06-01 builds on the previous version of the Health Technical Memorandum by enabling users of the revised guidance to provide safer.

7 More resilient Electrical systems within their healthcare premises that support the requirements of regulators and ensure a safe environment for patients and premises are dependent on Electrical power supplies not only to maintain a safe and comfortable environment for patients and staff, but also to give greater scope for treatment using sophisticated medical equipment at all levels of clinical and surgical in Electrical power supplies to equipment can seriously disrupt the delivery of healthcare, with serious consequences for patient well-being. Healthcare organisations should therefore ensure that their Electrical installation provides maximum reliability and integrity of supplies.

8 Every effort must be made to reduce the probability of equipment failure due to loss of of this guidanceThe current review and update of Health Technical Memorandum 06-01 has been written to promote good practice for those responsible for the design, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of Electrical services in healthcare premises, by: emphasising and addressing the need for robust governance and management, particularly through the introduction of an Electricity Safety Group and its supporting role in the provision of a resilient and safe Electrical infrastructure; identifying key design, commissioning and maintenance requirements for referral by designers, installers, operators and management; providing a point of reference to legislation, standards and other guidance pertaining to Electrical systems; providing typical distribution system layouts for a range of healthcare changes from the 2006 edition of Health Technical Memorandum 06-01 This edition of Health Technical Memorandum 06-01 introduces the concept of the Electrical Safety Group in healthcare organisations (similar to the Water Safety Group in Health Technical Memorandum 04-01 on water safety).

9 This is a multidisciplinary group responsible for ensuring that all Electrical vii safety issues are monitored, recorded and acted on in line with the relevant legislation and guidance. Most organisations should already have an Electrical Health and safety committee or similar group in place to manage Electrical safety. The Electrical Safety Group should take over this role, but with a more holistic remit. The Health Technical Memorandum recommends that the Group report to the responsible person at Board level and be led and chaired by a person who has appropriate management responsibility, knowledge, competence and experience. This is in keeping with the recommendations in Health Technical Memorandum 00 Policies and principles of healthcare engineering.

10 The previous edition s clinical risk categories 1 5 and the business risk categories 1 4 (both of which are based on the type of services the healthcare facility provides/will provide) have been amended and reclassified into risk grades to aid clarity. The aim of the Health Technical Memorandum s risk-grading system is to reinforce the importance of continuity of supply for the whole site and to help to assess the level of consequence of a power failure that is, an increase in patient risk or business risk needs to have a corresponding increase in the integrity and resilience of the Electrical distribution providing that service. These risk grades can then be used by designers as a basic methodology to select the most cost-effective and proportionate distribution strategy for the whole healthcare facility based on the types of clinical services the healthcare facility provides or intends to provide.