Location
Queen’s Hospital and King George Hospital
Enforcement type
Improvement Notice
Date notice served
22 September 2021
Breach
On and before 10 September 2020, the employer was found in breach of regulation(s) 6(1), 6(2), 6(5)(a), 6(5)(b), 8(4), 14(3)(b), 14(3)(i) and 17(4).
Description
An Improvement Notice was issued to the employer under Section 21 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 following announced inspections that were carried out on 8 & 9 September 2021. This identified the following concerns; poor quality of documents relating to IR(ME)R, poor control and dissemination of new procedures to staff, lack of referral guidelines, poor understanding of notification requirements relating to accidental and unintended exposure that resulted in incidents not being notified, insufficient support from the Medical Physics Experts that resulted in an inadequate quality assurance programme and insufficient advice regarding regulatory compliance and training records were not available at the time of inspection.
Result
The employer submitted evidence and was deemed to comply with this notice on 22 December 2021. Compliant