Internal Auditing
December 2021 The LCA in the past issued service delivery standard checklists to assist LCA members in how they audit themselves for service delivery. This year the service delivery standards have been revised but the checklists have not been reissued. A number of members have questioned why we have not provided the ‘exam questions’ and have only provided the ‘syllabus’. Fundamentally, LCA members must understand the service delivery standard detail and how they comply with this in their operation. IRead More
Revised Confidentiality Agreement and Committee Member and Assessor Rules of Conduct
November 2021 There is a revised confidentiality agreement being rolled out as member audits become due. This is designed to be an agreement between the LCA and the member, signed once and kept on file. This is partly in response to the increasing need to share information as part of remote auditing. It is also intended to streamline the assessors’ time and allow an efficient use of time at audit. The rules regarding the conduct of the LCA management committee members and the LCA assessors have recently been updated and formalised.&nbRead More
2021 Code of Conduct and Calibration Guidance Published
19th April 2021 The 2021 LCA Code of Conduct for Members has been published today in the Members’ area of the LCA website ready for it to start to be used from the 1st of July 2021. Members are encouraged to read this revised code as soon as possible and start to plan any changes that may be needed for their management procedures and statement of compliance. The LCA webinars on the changes to the code, service delivery standards and other documents are available on the Media page of the LCARead More
Factors to Consider When Interpreting and Reporting Positive Legionella results
March 2021 The LCA requires its Members to have in place management procedures and appropriately competent staff, that give them the capability of responding appropriately to positive legionella results. Positive legionella results following sampling are one area where it’s possible to misinterpret the meaning and end up with what could at best be inappropriate expense and at worst, a dangerous situation and risk to life. Sample Planning Interpretation of results starts with a suitable sample plan. If inapproprRead More
Estates and Facilities Alert - RWC TMV3 audit failure
Issued: 08 December 2020 Summary NSF has informed NHSE and I that the RWC 15mm Easifit tee type valve has failed some of the audit performance tests from HTM 04-01-part A:The failures identified during audit testing (changing water supply pressure and stability at reduced flowrate) in that there are two instances where the mixed water temperature is recorded as being 3.4°C above the maximum permitted value for shower outlets with the test value recorded as being 45.4°C.Read More