Air Conditioning Inspection Report Environmental Compliance Audit (commonly known as an ACI TM44)
Dear North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust,
This request relates to UK Environmental Legislation, specifically Air Conditioning Inspection Reporting, which is mandatory for UK hospital buildings and trust buildings which are air conditioned above a statutory minimum size.
Q. How many buildings do you occupy which have air conditioning. Provide building names.
Q. Who is the responsible person for ensuring that your buildings are legally compliant on this mandatory environmental matter? Provide the name, position, address, email address and direct telephone number of the responsible person.
Q. All reports are mandatorily lodged on a Government database. No reports are currently lodged or are out of date, you are therefore non-compliant. Has your Trust Board been made aware of this breach?
Q. Provide the name and email address of the ultimate person who has made the decision to ignore this Environmental Legislation.
Q. Provide the name and email address of each Trust Board Member.
Q. If you use a Facilities Management Company to manage compliance, who are they?
Yours faithfully,
Paul Evans
[1]North West Ambulance Service - NHS Trust
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[1]North West Ambulance Service - NHS Trust
To Paul
Please find below the answers to your questions:
1. How many buildings do you occupy which have air conditioning.
Provide building names. 21 sites, only 9 of which require TM44 surveys
(we are unable to provide site or building names for security reasons).
2. Who is the responsible person for ensuring that your buildings are
legally compliant on this mandatory environmental matter? Provide the
name, position, address, email address and direct telephone number of the
responsible person. Paul Gilfoyle, Estates Manager,
[2][email address] 01772 905228
3. All reports are mandatorily lodged on a Government database. No
reports are currently lodged or are out of date, you are therefore
non-compliant. Has your Trust Board been made aware of this breach? No,
we are in the process of procuring the 9 surveys for sites that are
required to have TM44 surveys.
4. Provide the name and email address of the ultimate person who has
made the decision to ignore this Environmental Legislation. It hasn’t
been ignored, it is currently being addressed.
5. Provide the name and email address of each Trust Board Member. All
trust email addresses follow the same format
[3][email address] and names of board members can be found
on our website: [4]https://www.nwas.nhs.uk/about/directors/...
6. If you use a Facilities Management Company to manage compliance, who
are they? N/A.
Fiona Bateson
Freedom of Information
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Headquarters, Ladybridge Hall, 399 Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 5DD
01204 498306
[5][email address]
[6]www.nwas.nhs.uk
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