Care Homes and Legionella

After you have received your legionella risk assessment, you must ensure all remedial works are completed as part of your action plan. And implement a logbook for recording all legal duties and monitoring requirements.

Under general health and safety law, duty holders including employers and those in control of premises, must ensure the health and safety of their employees or others who may be affected by their undertaking. They must take suitable precautions to prevent or control the risk of exposure to legionella.

They also need to either understand, or appoint somebody competent who knows how to identify and assess sources of risk, manage those risks, prevent or control any risks, keep records and carry out any other legal duties they may have.

Legionella Risk Assessments vary in prices depending on the size of your building and often the number of water outlets included on your site. At uRisk our assessments start from £99 for smaller buildings such as small dental practices. Larger buildings require a more detailed risk assessment often with large plants and water outlets taking prices from £99 to in excess of £500.

Yes, all of our Legionella Risk Assessors at uRisk are Legionella Risk Assessment qualified and accredited by City & Guilds and can help assist you in meeting compliance today for HSE (ACoP L8).

Once we have confirmed our quotation, and you wish to proceed. Our operations manager will be in contact with you to organise a date & time that suits you.

All payments are due prior to booking completion unless agreed in writing for 30 days from date of invoice.

We will hold your booking time for 24 hours whilst we wait for payment, should you fail to make your payment within 24 hours your booking time will no longer be held.

We accept payment by BACs or online on our Make Payment page.

Yes, whether you have one or multiple water systems and one or multiple sites, uRisk provide a nationwide service.

You will typically receive your legionella risk assessment between 2-10 working days from the date the assessment was carried out. From time to time, not often, our team will need a little more time, so please expect to have your report no later than 30 days. Need your risk assessment sooner? Get your report, guaranteed next day delivery via email for just £50.

The Approved Code of Practice L8 (HSG 274) in accordance with The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 states that – “The Duty holder should arrange to review the assessment regularly and specifically when there is reason to suspect it is no longer valid. An indication of when to review the assessment and what to consider should be recorded and this may result from:

• A change to the water system;
• A change to the use of the building where the system is installed;
• New information available about risks or control measures;
• The results of checks indicating that control measures are no longer effective;
• Changes to key personnel;
• A case of legionnaires disease.”

The common standard is annually for health care premises and biannually for all other premises. However, here at uRisk we recommend annual reviews to ensure correct implementation is being carried out.