Slip resistance assessment for healthcare & care homes sites in Portsmouth — calibrated equipment, accredited methodology, regional engineers. Portsmouth's population of 210,000 is served by an estate where a coastal city with year-round salt spray and a busy ferry terminal drives slip risk that needs documenting properly.
Portsmouth's healthcare & care homes estate concentrates around Gunwharf Quays, Commercial Road and Spinnaker Tower, with a wider catchment across Southsea, Cosham, Fratton, North End, Eastney and the rest of Hampshire. The HSE region of competence is South East.
Within this sector, the typical risk vectors are vulnerable users, mobility-aid contact patches, frequent contamination from bodily fluids, deep-cleaning cycles. Slip and fall accidents are a leading cause of injury in adults over 65 — and remain a top-three contributor to NHS bed-day costs. The duty-holder is regulated by the Care Quality Commission, NHS Estates, the HSE and the Coroner's Court, and the duty of care to vulnerable patients is materially higher and the evidential standard for any incident report is correspondingly elevated.
Typical surfaces we test in Portsmouth healthcare & care homes sites include vinyl safety flooring, sheet vinyl with welded seams, polyurethane resin, anti-slip coatings. Where the surface is wet, contaminated, or in a barefoot zone, the appropriate slider and contamination protocol is selected at the point of test.
Test methodology follows the HSE's preferred in-situ method: the pendulum, calibrated and operated under our UKAS ISO 17025 schedule. Each test point is sampled five times per direction in two directions; results are averaged; PTVs are tabulated against UKSRG 2022 classification thresholds in the report.
For healthcare & care homes specifically: wet and dry pendulum testing is essential — and care-home corridors should also be considered for ramp-test (R-rating) characterisation.
Reports are PDF-delivered within 24 hours of the site visit. They include the full PTV dataset, photography, calibration cert references, UKSRG classification, methodology narrative, and remediation recommendations where any test point falls below the relevant slip-risk threshold.
Tell us the Portsmouth site postcode, surface type and approximate area. Fixed-fee written quote within 4 working hours.
Booked into the next available slot for Portsmouth and Hampshire. Out-of-hours and weekend work routinely arranged.
UKAS-accredited pendulum testing on site. Wet, dry, multi-direction. Verbal feedback before our engineer leaves.
Signed PDF report inside 24 hours. PTV dataset, classification, photography, calibration certs, remediation guidance.
Free phone consultation on findings. Independent remediation guidance. Discounted re-test after any treatment work.
Optional annual re-test programme to maintain auditable continuity for your insurer or HSE inspection record.
Standard mobilisation to Portsmouth and Hampshire is 2–5 working days. Urgent or post-incident response within 48 hours is available — call 0208 246 5562 to confirm capacity.
Yes. Our pendulum slip testing is performed under our UKAS ISO 17025 accreditation, using calibrated equipment with traceable certification. UKAS accreditation is held by a minority of UK slip-testing providers and is the most defensible credential for an evidential report.
You receive a clear narrative of why it failed, which test points are problematic, and a tiered set of remediation options — operational controls, surface treatment, or replacement. We are independent of treatment manufacturers, so the advice is free of conflict.
Yes. Reports are formatted to meet the evidential standards expected by UK insurers, the HSE region South East office, and the courts. Calibration certificates and chain-of-custody documentation are included as standard.
Yes. Our Portsmouth field cover extends across Southsea, Cosham, Fratton, North End, Eastney and the wider Hampshire at no additional travel cost. Single fixed-fee quote, inclusive of travel.
Tell us where, what, and when. We'll come back with a written quote, an engineer name, and a date — not a brochure.