Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to update the health technical memorandum entitled HTM-03-01 on specialised ventilation for healthcare buildings.

The Health Technical Memorandum Specialised ventilation for healthcare buildings was updated and published on 22 June 2021 and there are no plans to update it at this time.

Additional related guidance was issued on 9 May 2023 on the application of high-efficiency particulate absorbing filter devices for air cleaning in healthcare spaces and the application of ultraviolet devices for air cleaning in occupied healthcare spaces.

This is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/application-of-ultraviolet-uvc-devices-for-air-cleaning-in-occupied-healthcare-spaces-guidance-and-standards/