Water Hygiene Events with Jim Perry

Throughout September, our Senior Consultant and Authorising Engineer (Water), Jim Perry, will be presenting at three events across the UK, covering topics ranging from Legionella risk assessments and BS8580-1:2019 to the importance of Project Water Safety Groups in healthcare capital projects.

Whether you're responsible for water safety, infection prevention and control, health and safety, estates, facilities management or capital projects, these sessions offer an opportunity to refresh your knowledge, explore current good practice and consider whether your own processes are doing what they should.

And, of course, they're a great opportunity to get out of the office for a few hours.  

Hampshire Health, Safety & Environmental Group

23 September 2026

Legionella Risk Assessments and BS8580-1:2019 – Do Your Risk Assessments Comply?

Legionella risk assessments are nothing new. The need to assess and manage the risks associated with Legionella has been established for decades.

But while the requirement for risk assessments isn't new, the standard and quality of those assessments can vary considerably.

Jim's 30–45 minute briefing will revisit why Legionella risk assessments are required under relevant regulations and guidance, before looking at what a good risk assessment should actually contain.

What will you take away?

By the end of the session, delegates should have a clearer understanding of:

• Why Legionella risk assessments are required.
• What regulations and guidance say about risk assessments.
• The key requirements of BS8580-1:2019.
• What should be included within a suitable Legionella risk assessment.
• How to objectively review an existing assessment.
• Whether your current risk assessments meet the expected standard.

IPS Annual Conference

28 September 2026

Capital Projects – The Importance of a Project Water Safety Group

When a healthcare building is being designed, refurbished or constructed, water safety shouldn't be something considered when the project is nearly finished.  By that point, it can be too late.

Jim's session at the IPS Annual Conference will explore the important role of a Project Water Safety Group (PWSG) in helping Infection Prevention and Control teams influence water safety throughout the lifecycle of a capital project.

The session will look at how the right stakeholders can be brought together early, including Estates and Facilities, IPC teams, microbiologists, water safety specialists and Authorising Engineers (Water), architects, contractors and relevant clinical representatives.

Rather than treating water safety as the responsibility of one department, a PWSG provides a structured way for the different disciplines involved in a project to work together.
 

What will the session cover?

Jim will explore:

• How to identify and define the key stakeholders involved in healthcare capital projects.
• The roles and responsibilities of those stakeholders.
• How water safety risks, including Legionella and other waterborne pathogens, can be addressed during design and construction.
• Best practices for stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
• How a PWSG can influence system design, material selection, flow pathways and monitoring access.
• The importance of appropriate commissioning, flushing and sampling strategies.
• How collaboration can help prevent common water safety issues before they become problems.
• The role of the PWSG from concept design through to handover and operational readiness.

For anyone involved in healthcare capital projects, IPC, estates or water safety, this is an opportunity to look at how collaboration can make a real difference.

BOHS South East

30 September 2026

Legionella Risk Assessments and BS8580-1:2019 – Do Your Risk Assessments Comply?

We're back to risk assessments for our final September event!

Jim will be delivering another 30–45 minute briefing on Legionella Risk Assessments and BS8580-1:2019, looking at why risk assessments are required and, importantly, whether the assessments you currently rely on meet the expected standard.

With Legionella risk assessments having been a requirement for many years, it can be easy to assume that having an assessment in place means the job is done.

But is it suitable? Is it sufficiently detailed? Does it meet BS8580-1:2019? And does it actually provide the information you need to manage the risk?

Jim will take delegates through the requirements of the standard and explain how they can use these to objectively review their own risk assessments.

The session will cover:

• The requirements for Legionella risk assessments under relevant regulations and guidance.
• The development of BS8580 and the introduction of BS8580-1:2019.
• What a Legionella risk assessment should contain.
• The key requirements defined within BS8580-1:2019.
• How to assess the quality and suitability of an existing risk assessment.
• What to look for when reviewing your current arrangements.

Whether you're commissioning risk assessments, reviewing them, managing the resulting actions, or responsible for ensuring compliance, the session will provide practical points to consider when evaluating your current arrangements.