Information notes 301 - present

Prudential borrowing

Information on changes to central government control over local authority borrowing (2 pages)

Safe operation of public diving facilities

Guidance for safe practice in public sessions (4 pages)

Specialist pool activities

Guidance for pool managers on recommended supervision arrangements (3 pages)

Heart attack during exercise

Risks and benefits of exercise

Working at height

Good practice guidance

Pool Supervision

Factors to consider when deciding whether contant poolside supervision is necessary

Human Resource Management - what's on the legal horizon in 2006

Employment law changes

Pool plant pressure relief systems

Preventing unsafe pressure build-ups in pool plant

The recruitment process

A useful framework in sport and recreation

The use of copper and silver in public swimming pools

The information outlined has recently been published by the independent Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group. ISRM fully endorses
the position taken by PWTAG.

CPA performance indicators 2006

New sports indicators developed by Sport England, with the Audit Commission, are included in the new CPA framework for 2006...

Babies swimming - what age is best - how to prevent infection

What age is it safe and appropriate for a baby to be taken swimming in a public pool? The ISRM has always advocated that it makes sense to introduce children to swimming at as early an age as possible...

Asthma, babies, children and swimming

Members may have seen the following article or derivatives of it that have emerged in the National Press and may be concerned with the implications...

The gender equality duty

The Gender Equality Duty (GED) comes into force in April 2007 and it requires public authorities to promote gender equality and eliminate sex discrimination...

Use of swimming goggles during swimming lessons

The advantages of wearing swimming goggles during prolonged swimming activity to reduce or prevent eye irritation, to improve vision through the water and for medical reasons, are well recognised...

Guidance for staffing and operation of fitness suites/gyms

Health clubs and leisure centres owe a duty to their members to take reasonable care in order to ensure that any action the club takes or alternatively, any action they fail to take, in respect of their gym equipment and operation, does not cause a foreseeable risk of injury to their gym users...

Swimming pool covers - operation and safety issues

Fitting a pool cover has a number of advantages...

Aqua aerobics

Buoyancy lifts and supports the body, giving a wonderful feeling of freedom and providing an environment in which exercise movements and relaxation are easy...

British and European standards in sport and recreation

The tables below show a range of British and European standards which apply to sport and recreation facility management and operation...

Pool water microbiological testing - further update

This information note summarises, updates and supersedes the advice previously given in the previous notes, with particular reference to who has responsibility for testing...

Bladder cancer and exposure to water disinfection by-products through ingestion, bathing, showering, and swimming in pools

Trihalomethanes may be found in the pool water and in the air above the water. They are a threat to health and we should, wherever possible, limit their formation in swimming pools...

Children's use of steam rooms and spas

ISRM recommends the following policy guidance for children's use of steam rooms and spas...