In healthcare, power is not just about electricity, it’s about life. From operating theatres and intensive care units to emergency response systems, critical power infrastructure underpins every moment of patient care.

In this episode, we bring together the expertise of Mathew Morris, Engineering Sales Executive at Starkstrom and our host, Matt de Frece from Power Control to explore the vital role of HTM 06-01 guidance in shaping the way healthcare estates manage and maintain their critical power systems. We dive into why the NHS and private healthcare providers must prioritise resilience, compliance, and reliability, and what can happen when they don’t.

• What HTM 06-01 means in practice – breaking down the standard and its relevance to hospital estates and facilities teams.

• The hidden risks of power failure – from patient safety implications to reputational and financial costs.

• Why prevention beats cure – how regular maintenance, testing, and investment safeguard not only compliance but also patient outcomes.

• Real-world examples and lessons learned – exploring scenarios where lapses in power planning led to critical failures, and how they could have been avoided.

• Collaborative solutions – how technology partners, estates managers, and compliance specialists can work together to keep healthcare environments safe and resilient.

With expert insights, practical advice, and an emphasis on accountability, this conversation challenges healthcare leaders and estates professionals to rethink the way they approach maintenance. Instead of waiting for systems to fail, we argue for embedding resilience into every stage of planning and operation because when it comes to patient care, prevention is always better than cure.

Whether you are an estates manager, compliance officer, clinician, or simply someone interested in how hospitals keep the lights on, this episode will give you both the technical knowledge and the strategic perspective to understand why critical power is, quite literally, a lifeline.