Sector guide
EV Charging for Healthcare Sites
EV charging for NHS and healthcare sites — staff, visitor and fleet charging designed around limited spare capacity, load management and the site's critical demand.
Healthcare sites face growing demand for EV charging from staff, visitors and fleet vehicles — but they also carry some of the heaviest and most critical electrical loads of any premises. This guide covers EV charging designed specifically for healthcare sites.
The capacity challenge
A hospital's supply is already committed to clinical services, plant and critical systems. Adding chargers must never erode that headroom, so design begins with an honest capacity assessment of the site's true spare capacity.
Designing it properly
- Load management so charging automatically yields to site demand (load management).
- Correct earthing and open-PEN protection (earthing considerations).
- A phased design that starts within available capacity and expands as budget and demand allow.
- A site survey to confirm supply, board and routes (EV charging site survey).
Types of provision
- Staff and visitor charging in car parks, usually managed and often payment-enabled.
- Fleet charging for patient-transport and estate vehicles (fleet charging).
Keeping it compliant
Charging equipment is installed and certified to BS 7671 Section 722, then added to the estate's maintenance and compliance records. Managed alongside the wider healthcare compliance programme, EV charging is delivered without ever putting clinical continuity at risk.
Frequently asked questions
What's the main challenge with EV charging at a hospital?
Spare electrical capacity. Hospitals already carry heavy critical loads, so chargers must be designed around the site's true maximum demand — usually with load management, and sometimes a supply upgrade — so that charging can never compete with clinical services for power.
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