Health Facilities Scotland

Health Facilities Scotland is a division of National Services Scotland and provides operational guidance to NHS Scotland bodies on a range of healthcare facilities topics. Formerly known as NHS Scotland Property and Environment Forum (NHSSPEF).

Website: http://www.hfs.scot.nhs.uk
Email: nss.hfsenquiries@nhs.net

Documents by this publisher

Series details	Title	Year	Status
Scottish Health Planning Note 16-01	Mortuary and post mortem facilities: design and briefing guidance	2017	Current
Scottish Health Planning Note 22	Accident and emergency facilities for adults and children	2007	Current
Scottish Health Planning Note 36 Part 1	General medical practice premises in Scotland	2006	Current
Scottish Health Planning Note 36 Part 2	NHS dental premises in Scotland	2006	Current
Scottish Health Planning Note 36 Part 3	Community pharmacy premises in Scotland. Providing NHS pharmaceutical services	2007	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 00	Best practice guidance for healthcare engineering. Policies and principles	2013	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 01-01 Part A	Decontamination of medical devices in a Central Decontamination Unit. Part A: management	2018	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 01-01 Part B	Decontamination of medical devices in a Central Decontamination Unit. Part B: test equipment/methods	2018	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 01-01 Part C	Decontamination of medical devices in a Central Decontamination Unit. Part C: sterilization by steam	2018	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 01-01 Part D	Decontamination of medical devices in a Central Decontamination Unit. Part D: automated cleaning and disinfection equipment	2018	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 01-01 Part E	Decontamination of medical devices in a Central Decontamination Unit. Part E: sterilization by Hydrogen Peroxide or Ethylene Oxide	2018	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 01-01 Part F	Decontamination of medical devices in a Central Decontamination Unit. Part F: inspect, assemble and package	2018	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 01-06 Part A	Decontamination of flexible thermolabile endoscopes and Transoesophageal Echocardiograph (TOE) ultrasound probes in endoscope decontamination unit. Part A: management	2023	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 01-06 Part B	Decontamination of flexible thermolabile endoscopes and Transoesophageal Echocardiograph (TOE) ultrasound probes in endoscope decontamination units. Part B: general requirements for decontamination equipment and test equipment provision	2023	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 01-06 Part C	Decontamination of flexible thermolabile endoscopes and Transoesophageal Echocardiograph (TOE) ultrasound probes in endoscope decontamination units. Part C: dry and wet leak testers, and manual clean flushing unit equipment	2023	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 01-06 Part D	Decontamination of thermolabile flexible endoscopes and Transoesophageal Echocardiograph (TOE) ultrasound probes in endoscope decontamination units. Part D: automated endoscope washer disinfectors	2023	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 01-06 Part E	Decontamination of thermolabile flexible endoscopes and Transoesophageal Echocardiograph (TOE) ultrasound probes in endoscope decontamination units. Part E: storage cabinets and packing systems for containment of disinfected endoscopes	2023	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 02-01 Part A	Medical gas pipeline systems. Part A: design, installation, validation and verification	2012	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 02-01 Part B	Medical gas pipeline systems. Part B: Operational management	2015	Current
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 03-01 Part A	Specialised ventilation for healthcare premises. Part A: the concept, design, specification, installation and acceptance testing of healthcare ventilation systems. Interim version 3.0 - additional guidance related to COVID 19 to be added in an update in 2022	2022	Current