Water Safety Guidance (SHTM 04-01) Draft for Public Consultation

On behalf of NHS Scotland Assure, NHS England, NHS Wales and Department of Health NI, we invite comments on the (Scottish) Health Technical Memorandum (S)HTM 04-01 suite of documents. These changes have been made following lessons learned and research undertaken since the previous version was published. The documents have been updated collectively from the 4 nations and will be adopted across the UK NHS as unified documents. Although the drafts refer to Scottish references, the final publications will reflect the standards in each of the nations.

All consultation comments to be emailed to NSS.WaterNHSSAssure@nhs.scot by 12/06/2026 using the Consultation Comments Form.

Please click here to see the current version of SHTM 04-01.

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