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Electrical testing and electrical work for care homes.
EICRs, follow-up works, call-outs, CCTV, data cabling and EV chargers for care homes, nursing homes and supported living, from an NICEIC Approved Contractor in St Albans.
Our care sector work
These are the care sector jobs behind this page.
| Site | When | What we did |
|---|---|---|
| Fonthill Care Home, St Albans | June 2024 to September 2025 | EICR, follow-up works, call-outs and two new CCTV cameras. Seven jobs. |
| Supported-living home, Camberley, for a healthcare provider | November 2025 to March 2026 | EICR first, then a board upgrade quoted from its results, bedroom sockets, en-suite fans and lights, data for cameras and Wi-Fi, and a network point to a sensory room |
| Nursing home, for a care group | March 2026 | Completed and commissioned Sevadis EV chargers |
| Nursing home, for the same care group | October 2026 | Two chargers back online and back in service. We now manage the back office and RFID cards |
| Sheltered housing | Ongoing | Repairs in Anchor homes for Axis Europe, LD1 fire alarm upgrades for United Infrastructure, and warden call |
Fonthill Care Home, St Albans
Fonthill Care Home has used us since June 2024. The installation covers residents’ rooms, the nursing station, the kitchen and the day rooms.
- 2024: we carried out the EICR across the home’s distribution boards, board by board, working around residents and staff.
- What we found: a handful of routine items, each listed in the report with a price to put it right. A door entry spur sat where it was easily knocked, so we advised moving it.
- April 2025: we completed the follow-up works, fitted new dimmer switches in the day room and a new faceplate in the kitchen, and relabelled the boards.
- Call-outs: an isolator fault, a damaged faceplate and a new socket.
- September 2025: two Ubiquiti CCTV cameras on the red-brick wing, cabled through the loft from labelled, tested data outlets. We agreed the camera angles with the home on site.
See the Fonthill Care Home project and CCTV.
Supported living: a home build in Camberley
From November 2025 to March 2026 we worked on a supported-living home in Camberley, Surrey, for a healthcare provider.
- EICR first. We tested before any work, to confirm which circuits were fit to adapt.
- A board sized by the test. The EICR set how many circuits would need AFDDs or RCBOs, and so the size and cost of the new board. A bigger board can mean a taller cupboard, so plan the boxing early.
- Bedrooms: three double sockets in every bedroom.
- En-suites: a 4-inch extractor fan and a round LED bulkhead in each, with the switches outside the door. White Hager accessories.
- Data: Cat5e and Cat6 cabling for cameras and Wi-Fi access points, all back to a patch panel in the front office cabinet.
- Sensory room: an external network point to a sensory room in a garden building. We surveyed it in February 2026. The proposed route ran through the top-floor eaves, then in armoured cable on the outside of the building.
- Walk-rounds: extra items from an on-site walk-round, each line put to the client for approval.
See data cabling and electrical installations.
EV chargers for a care group
In March 2026 we completed and commissioned Sevadis EV chargers at a nursing home for a care group. In October 2026, two existing chargers at one of its nursing homes had dropped off the back-office system after staff changes. We reconnected both, confirmed they were talking to the system, and put them back in service. We now manage that back office, including issuing RFID cards to authorised users.
Grants. The government’s Workplace Charging Scheme is open to businesses, charities, public sector organisations and small accommodation businesses, for up to 40 sockets across all sites. On 27 October 2026 gov.uk said funding is available until 31 March 2027, the scheme’s final year. The government may end or change it sooner, and aims to give four weeks’ notice. Only an OZEV-authorised installer can claim it, so check yours is before you rely on it.
What care providers must have
Be precise about what is law and what is guidance. The table sums it up.
| What | The rule | Law or guidance? |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed wiring (EICR) | Maintain systems to prevent danger. BS 7671 recommends inspection every 5 years for care homes; a competent person can change this | The duty is law. The 5 years is guidance |
| Premises and equipment | CQC regulation 15: clean, secure, suitable, properly used, properly maintained and appropriately located | Law |
| Fire risk assessment | A suitable and sufficient assessment by the responsible person | Law |
| Emergency lighting | Routes and exits that need lighting must have emergency lighting if normal lighting fails. Design to BS 5266-1:2025 | The duty is law. BS 5266-1 is a code of practice |
| Rented homes (supported living) | Inspect and test at intervals of no more than 5 years, where a tenancy is covered | Law. Care home tenancies are excluded |
Electrical testing. The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 say systems must be maintained to prevent danger, so far as is reasonably practicable. They set no interval. The HSE says there is “no legal requirement for inspection and testing at set intervals”. So “an EICR every five years” is the BS 7671 recommendation, not law. See EICR testing.
CQC. Regulation 15 of the 2014 regulations says all premises and equipment used by the provider must be clean, secure, suitable, properly used, properly maintained and appropriately located. Regulation 12 adds that premises must be safe to use for their intended purpose. Where a person’s home is not provided as part of their care, equipment there that the provider did not supply falls outside parts of regulation 15. This can apply in supported living.
Fire. Under the Fire Safety Order, the responsible person must make a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment. Routes and exits that need lighting must have emergency lighting if the normal lighting fails. BS 5266-1:2025, published on 29 October 2025, is a full revision of the 2016 edition. See emergency lighting, fire alarm installation and fire risk assessment upgrades.
Supported living tenancies. The 2020 rented-homes regulations exclude care home tenancies, but do not name supported living. Since the 2025 amendments they cover social landlords as well as private ones. Some hostels and refuges are excluded. If residents hold tenancies, check whether the five-year duty applies.
Warden call and sheltered housing
We already work on warden call systems in sheltered housing, alongside repairs in Anchor homes for Axis Europe and LD1 fire alarm upgrades for United Infrastructure. See an LD1 upgrade in a Walthamstow sheltered scheme. If a care home’s nurse call system needs new power or data cabling, we can quote for that cabling.
Working with SEGplc
We are an NICEIC Approved Contractor and hold CHAS, SafeContractor and Constructionline Gold. See also housing providers and commercial electrical maintenance.
Questions from care providers
How often does a care home need electrical testing?
No law sets a fixed date. The HSE says BS 7671 recommends that the fixed installation in residential premises such as care homes is inspected and tested every five years, and that a competent person can change that interval. Your last EICR states when the next one is due.
Is an EICR a legal requirement for a care home?
Not by name. The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require electrical systems to be maintained to prevent danger, so far as is reasonably practicable. CQC regulation 15 requires premises and equipment to be properly maintained. A current EICR is the usual way to show both.
Do the landlord EICR rules apply to care homes?
No. The 2020 electrical safety regulations for rented homes exclude tenancies in a care home. Supported living is different: where residents hold a tenancy, the five-yearly landlord duty may apply. Check how each home is let.
Do you install emergency lighting and fire alarms?
Yes, we install both. See emergency lighting and fire alarm installation. Your fire risk assessment sets what you need. The emergency lighting code of practice, BS 5266-1, was revised on 29 October 2025.
Can you look after our EV chargers?
Yes. For a care group we completed and commissioned chargers at a nursing home, and brought two offline chargers back into service. We now run their back office, including RFID cards. See EV chargers.
Is there an emergency electrician for care homes?
Our phones are answered 7am to 10pm, seven days a week, on 01727 238 999. We are not a 24-hour service. We will tell you honestly when an engineer can be with you.
Sources
- legislation.gov.uk, Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, regulation 15
- legislation.gov.uk, Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, regulation 12
- HSE, Health and social care: frequently asked questions (electrical safety in care homes)
- legislation.gov.uk, Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, regulation 4
- legislation.gov.uk, Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector and Social Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, regulation 3
- legislation.gov.uk, The same regulations, Schedule 1 (excluded tenancies)
- legislation.gov.uk, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, article 9
- legislation.gov.uk, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, article 14
- GOV.UK, Fire safety risk assessment: residential care premises (updated 12 September 2023)
- BSI, BS 5266-1:2025 Emergency lighting of premises. Code of practice
- GOV.UK, Changes to electric vehicle chargepoint grant schemes from 1 April 2026 (updated 7 July 2026)
- GOV.UK Find a grant, Workplace Charging Scheme
- GOV.UK, Workplace Charging Scheme: guidance for installers (updated 1 April 2026)
Written by SEGplc, NICEIC Approved Contractor, SEG House, Chiswell Green, St Albans. Job details from our job records. Regulations and grant schemes checked 27 October 2026. Last updated 27 October 2026. This is general guidance, not legal advice.
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