NHS England » National standards of healthcare cleanliness 2025

Since publication of the National standards of healthcare cleanliness in 2021, NHS managers have welcomed the opportunity to measure performance and benchmark against similar healthcare environments to drive higher standards of cleanliness across the NHS, achieving better patient experience in a uniformed way.A collaborative approach is essential to continuously improve cleanliness: organisations have seen the benefits of involving a board nominee, clinical colleagues, partner organisations and patients in setting and monitoring cleaning standards for consistent high levels of service. Having such an expert multidisciplinary team facilitates the enhancement, elaboration and modernisation of the standards to ensure that they can be applied to all healthcare settings.Note: It is the user’s responsibility before implementing this guidance to check on the NHS Collaboration Hub whether any enhancements to cleaning regimens are required as a result of a national pandemic, circumstance or inc...