PAS 24 on the new-build entrances. LPS 1175 SR2-3 in the secure stores and psychiatric units. Anti-ligature hardware on the mental health side. Fire compartment compliance throughout. We manufacture the steel core for every door and window that has to do that work.
Hospitals run on systems that never stop. The security elements have to integrate with all of them – fire compartment, infection control, accessible turning circles, NHS-compliant ironmongery, anti-ligature where the wing demands it. Specifications run into the hundreds of items per project.
Fort Engineering manufactures for NHS trusts, private hospital groups, mental health providers, and primary care estates across the UK. Same factory, same engineering team, same certification scheme for a 12-bed community unit as for a teaching hospital tower.
The compliance vocabulary by sub-sector differs. The manufacturing standard does not.
FE/HEA-01
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Threats and response
The three security scenarios that drive most healthcare procurement, and the manufacturing response that handles each.
01 / Scenario
Drug stores, controlled drugs cabinets, patient records, biomedical equipment, IT. PAS 24 manual attack resistance as the new-build baseline, with LPS 1175 SR2-3 specified on the secure stores. Procurement-led audit trail rather than architect-led.
PAS 24 · LPS 1175 SR2-3
02 / Scenario
Anti-ligature hardware on mental health and behavioural units. NHS Health Building Note 03-01 design references. Door fabric and ironmongery designed to remove tie-off points. Tamper-resistant, quiet-close, no exposed fixings.
HBN 03-01 · Anti-ligature
03 / Scenario
Locked secure mental health units, forensic wards, custodial healthcare environments. LPS 1175 SR2+ integrated with anti-ligature hardware. Compliance with NHS-specific design notes alongside the general security standards.
LPS 1175 SR2+ · NHS HBN
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Products that fit
Most healthcare projects pull from these two product lines. Safe rooms occasionally appear on private estates and high-net-worth medical wings. Shopfronts almost never.
01 / Capability
PAS 24 baseline on new build. LPS 1175 SR2-3 on secure stores and locked units. Anti-ligature hardware variants for mental health applications. Fire compartment compliance to NHS HTM standards. Hygiene-friendly surfaces and seal designs for infection-control wings.
02 / Capability
Security-rated windows where the brief calls for matched window resistance to door spec. Anti-ligature restrictors for mental health and behavioural units. Ballistic glazing on high-risk reception or pharmacy windows where the threat profile justifies it.
Compliance breakdown
The compliance frameworks a procurement team will check first on a healthcare project, and what each one covers in plain terms.
Standard
Typical rating
Where it applies
Detail
PAS 24
New-build entrance doors and ground-floor windows. Manual attack resistance to BS PAS 24. Part Q referenced on residential-adjacent estate.
LPS 1175
Secure stores – drug stores, controlled drugs cabinets, biomedical equipment, records. LPCB-tested resistance to a defined attack-tool set.
NHS HTM 58 / 66
Health Technical Memoranda for internal doorsets (HTM 58) and windows (HTM 66). NHS design reference rather than a security certification. Specified on most trust projects.
HTM reference
HBN 03-01
Health Building Note 03-01 sets the design framework for mental health and behavioural unit door and window fabric. Hardware tested to remove tie-off points.
HBN reference
The four rows above are the standards a procurement team will check first. Project-specific specifications may layer on others – infection control (NHS HBN 00-09), accessibility (Document M), acoustic (BS 8233). The LPS 1175 page covers the most-asked-about rating in detail.
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Selected projects
Case studies for the healthcare sector are in preparation. Selected NHS and private hospital projects will appear here as they’re cleared for publication. In the meantime, the full case studies index covers projects across all six sectors.
Fort Engineering manufactures. NHS and private hospital procurement is fulfilled by Fort Security Doors, our commercial customer brand.
