Other guidance
Technical standards and guidance (health building notes/health technical memoranda documents)
The documents have moved and can be accessed from this section of our website.
Standard Department of Health and Social Care website protocol is to mark documents as ‘withdrawn’ as part of the redirect to our website. We are aware that this message on the gov.uk website is creating the impression that individual health building notes (HBN) and health technical memoranda (HTM) documents have been withdrawn. This is not the case – all the documents hosted on our website are current.
The status of a document can be checked on the complete list of publications related to NHS estates page of our website which includes details of any documents that have been updated/archived and the dates this took effect.
All other documents relating to estates management:
- Processes for managing and reporting derogations from estates technical standards and guidance – 6 July 2023
- Guidance on minimising time weighted exposure to nitrous oxide in healthcare settings in England – 2 March 2023
- Performance of healthcarecryogenic liquid oxygen systems – 18 November 2021: Guidance
- A place to die with dignity: Creating a supportive environment – 1 May 2005: Guidance
- A risk-based methodology for establishing and managing backlog – 1 July 2004: Guidance
- Land and property appraisal – 15 May 2007: Guidance
- An operational risk management strategy for trusts – 2 January 1997: Guidance
- An integrated approach to hospital cleaning: microfibre cloth and steam cleaning technology – 4 March 2008: Guidance
- Art for health – A review of good practice in community-based arts projects and initiatives which impact on health and wellbeing
- Assets in Action – An asset management guide for non-technical managers – 1 January 2003: Guidance
- Best practice advice: Establishing and managing backlog – 1 December 2004: Guidance
- Celebrating Achievement: Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme – 1 January 2006: Guidance
- Improving the design quality of NHS trust buildings – 27 October 2004: Guidance
- Design Guide: Medium secure psychiatric units – September 1993: Guidance
- Developing an estate strategy – 31 March 2005: Guidance
- Developing bedside communications and entertainment in NHS hospitals – 22 February 2001: Guidance
- Enhancing privacy and dignity – achieving single sex accommodation – 2002: Report
- Enquiry by Design for Health – Design Briefing for Hospitals – 2 March 2008: Guidance
- Healthcare Premises Cost Guides (HPCGs) – 1 August 2010: Guidance
- Laying the foundations for better acute mental healthcare: a service redesign and capital investment workbook – May 2008: Guidance
- Our commitment to cleanliness – 26 August 2021: Guidance
- Wayfinding: effective wayfinding and signing systems guidance for healthcare facilities – 2005: Guidance