Please can you confirm what equivalent guidance & standards are in place in NHS Wales for the following NHS England guidance:
Application of high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter devices for air cleaning in healthcare spaces: guidance and standards
and
NHS Estates Technical Bulletin (NETB 2023/01B): application of ultraviolet (UVC) devices for air cleaning in occupied healthcare spaces: guidance and standards
Can you confirm how many NHS Wales hospitals have a Ventilation Safety Group (VSG) as described in the NHS England HEPA guidance above?
Thank you for your request dated 2nd January 2024.
Public Health Wales does not hold this information.
Public Health Wales is the public health service for Wales and as such is an independent NHS Trust. As an organisation we have no jurisdiction over the activities of Health Boards or other NHS Wales organisations and frequently do not have access to the data that they produce.
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NHS Shared Services Partnership
Making a Freedom of Information Request - NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
I have also provided contact details for each Health Board and DHCW below as they may hold other information relevant for your request; you would need to contact them individually
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/866/page/39187
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/861/page/39134
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information-new
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
https://cwmtafmorgannwg.wales/foi/
Swansea Bay University Health Board
https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/about-us1/foia/
Hywel Dda University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/page/52085
Powys Teaching Health Board
http://www.powysthb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information
Digital Health and Care Wales
Freedom of information - Digital Health and Care Wales (nhs.wales)
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