Sunday 27 September 2026
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9515
Date Request Received: 03/07/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 21/07/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Medical Gas Pipeline Systems
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information relating to Medical Gas Pipeline Systems (MGPS) at your Trust, as defined under HTM 02-01. Please note • For the avoidance of doubt, I am not requesting the names of individual postholders, personal contact details or commercially sensitive pricing information. • Where disclosure of any requested document would require redaction, please provide the document in redacted form rather than withholding it in full. • If the request in its current form would exceed the appropriate cost limit under the Act, please provide guidance on how it may be refined. • Where any requested document is already published or held in a public-facing repository, a link is sufficient. 1 - Authorised Person (MGPS) For the person currently designated as Authorised Person (MGPS) at your Trust, please provide: (a) the post title (not the named individual); (b) the employing organisation of that role, for example: directly employed Trust staff; hard FM or PFI provider; specialist contractor; external agency; other (please specify); (c) where the role is outsourced, the name of the provider organisation; (d) where a Senior or Coordinating Authorised Person (MGPS) is also appointed, the same details (a to c) for that role. | |
| Answer To Question 1: a) Senior Estates Officer and Estates Officer b) Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust c) N/A d) Technical Services Manager | |
| Question Number 2: MGPS maintenance contract For the current contract(s) under which routine maintenance, servicing, and testing of MGPS infrastructure is delivered at your Trust, please provide: (a) the name of the contracted provider; (b) the contract start date; (c) the contract end date, including any extension options; (d) where MGPS maintenance is delivered in-house, please confirm this in place of (a) to (c). | |
| Answer To Question 2: a. Current provider: BeaconMedaes Ltd b. Contract Start: 06/01/2025 c. Contract End: 05/01//2028 with option to extend for a further 2 years (up to 05/01/2030) d. N/A | |
| Question Number 3: Approval of MGPS pipework specifications For the person responsible for approving or signing off MGPS pipework specifications on capital projects involving medical gas infrastructure, please provide: (a) the post title of the approving role; (b) confirmation of whether the approving role differs by project value or project type, and if so, how. For reference, capital projects in scope may include (but are not limited to): new build, refurbishment, or extension works; New Hospital Programme schemes; and Neighbourhood Health Centres or community diagnostic facilities. | |
| Answer To Question 3: N/A | |
| Question Number 4: Medical Gas Safety Group: terms of reference Please provide the current terms of reference for your Trust's Medical Gas Safety Group (or equivalent committee responsible for the oversight of medical gas systems). | |
| Answer To Question 4: File attached. To accompany this answer to question 4 please also see the documents listed below:  MGG ToR draft 2026-03-17.pdf | |
| Question Number 5: Medical gas policy Please provide your Trust's current medical gas policy (or equivalent policy document setting out the governance, authorisation, and operational management of medical gas systems). | |
| Answer To Question 5: File attached. To accompany this answer to question 5 please also see the documents listed below: Medical Gas Policy 2.8.pdf | |
| Question Number 6: Medical Gas Safety Group minutes Please provide the minutes of your Medical Gas Safety Group (or equivalent committee) for the most recent twelve months. | |
| Answer To Question 6: Files attached. To accompany this answer to question 6 please also see the documents listed below: MGG Minutes January 2026.pdf MGG Minutes July 2025 -.pdf MGG Minutes March 2026.pdf MGG Minutes May 2026.pdf MGG Minutes September 2025.pdf | |
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