Healthcare and care home lighting

What is healthcare and care home lighting?

Healthcare lighting covers GP surgeries, clinics, dental and veterinary practices and care homes, where good colour rendering, low glare and easy-clean fittings matter. LED upgrades in these buildings are planned around patients and residents, with emergency lighting kept working throughout.

Clean surgery corridor and treatment room lit by sealed LED panels

What's included

Sealed, wipe-clean LED panels for treatment and clinical rooms
Good colour rendering for examination areas
Low-glare corridor and night lighting in care settings
Emergency lighting kept live throughout the works
Work planned around clinics, appointments and residents
Certification and records for your fire risk assessment

How we deliver healthcare and care home lighting

Survey
Room uses, clinical areas, ceilings and existing emergency lighting.
Plan
Phasing that keeps rooms available and escape routes lit.
Install
Room by room, with infection-control-aware clean-up.
Handover
Certificates and an updated emergency lighting log.

Guide prices

National guide budgets, supplied and installed, excluding VAT. Your fixed price follows a free survey.

Healthcare and care home lighting guide prices
Item	Guide budget (ex VAT)	Basis
LED panel (600×600)	£50 – £150	per fitting, supplied and fitted
Emergency luminaire or exit sign	£60 – £150	per fitting, supplied and fitted
Presence (PIR) sensor	£40 – £80	per sensor, installed
DALI dimming and control	£50 – £150	per luminaire, on top of the fitting

Example: 50 LED panels and 12 emergency fittings in a surgery: about £3,200 – £9,300 excluding VAT. Get a figure for your site.

Standards and rules we work to

Topic	Current position
Wiring	BS 7671:2018+A4:2026, the 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations. Every installation is tested and certified.
Workplace light levels	BS EN 12464-1:2021, for example 500 lux on office task areas and 150 lux at the floor of rack storage.
Emergency lighting	BS 5266-1:2025 code of practice, BS EN 1838:2024 light levels and BS EN 50172:2024 testing and records.
Energy efficiency of new lighting	England: Approved Document L (95 luminaire lm/circuit-W, rising above 105 from 24 March 2027). Wales: Welsh Approved Document L (new edition from 4 March 2027). Scotland: Section 6. Northern Ireland: Technical Booklet F2.
Fire safety duties	England and Wales: Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Scotland: Fire (Scotland) Act 2005. Northern Ireland: Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010.
Waste	Fluorescent tubes are hazardous waste and are recycled through authorised routes, with paperwork.