Public Health England’s Monthly Legionella Report – March 2018:

  Date: 12/04/2018 Venue: Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham The first Hydro-X Legionella Seminar of 2018 was held last Thursday (12th of April) at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham. Focusing on the HSE Enforcement, the legal and human costs of Legionella. “Legionella: The HSE Enforcement & the legal and human cost”   In 2006 the first
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Public Health England’s Monthly Legionella Report – February 2018:

Public Health England’s Monthly Legionella Report – January 2018:  

A hotel at the centre of a Legionnaires’ outbreak which led to a woman’s death has gone on the market. The Feathers Hotel in Ludlow, Shropshire, closed in September last year after Elaine Brown, 69, contracted the disease after a stay in July. It reopened in November, when Shropshire Council and Public Health England said they
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A strain of legionella bacteria has been found in the plumbing system of a County Antrim nursing home. It was discovered at Broadways Nursing Home in Larne in November. The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) said, that while the bacteria is present, there has not been an outbreak of legionnaire’s disease. The entire water
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Public Health England’s Monthly Legionella Report – December 2017:

Public Health England’s Monthly Legionella Report – November 2017:

A care home which failed SEVEN safety standards during the summer failed to resolve their problems when inspectors returned three months later. Beechill Nursing Home, in Cheetham Hill, remains in special measures with the health and social care watchdog despite making improvements in several areas of its service. Staff from the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
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