Enforcement type
Improvement Notice
Date notice served
28 May 2021
Breach
On and/or before 19 May 2021, the employer was found in breach of regulations 6(2), 6(5)(b), 14(3)(e),(h),(i), 15(3)(b), 15(6)(a),(b),(c), 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 an inspection which took place at the Royal London Hospital and Whipps Cross Hospital on 18 and 19 May 2021 These inspections identified concerns around document control, poor oversight of radiation protection from the medical physics experts, an incomplete programme of quality assurance for equipment, and poor management of aging equipment.
Result
The employer was reinspected on 08 and 09 September 2021 and deemed to comply with this notice.