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Our medical rooms are located nationwide and we can attend 'onsite' to your premises.
Having an active testing policy in place can discourage substance abuse, reduce the occurrence of accidents, create a positive employee message and encourage safer working practices amongst your workforce.
HCC is a leading provider in the field of drug & alcohol abuse screening. All of HCC’s Specimen Collection Officers are trained experts in ‘Chain of Custody’ urine collections. This process confirms the validity of the specimen and ensures that results can be used as evidence in a court of law.
We can assist you from the very start when you are just beginning to think about implementing a screening programme. HCC helps you to format your policies and internal procedures, and then to apply an entire operating programme for roll out to your employees.
We always recommend the urine analysis method of drug & alcohol screening as the best option for optimum testing due to reliability of results, secure procedures that can be adhered to and the accuracy in substance level and substance identification. However, we also offer point of care testing services (gives a simplified instant result) on request.
Our drug & alcohol specimen collection service includes the fast-tracking of your results by HCC, via the UKAS accredited laboratory, at no extra cost! This means that we will guarantee to get back to you with results (or an onward report) within 24 hours of specimen receipt at the laboratory. Our drug & alcohol services include:
medication checking
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find out more about this critical service.
emergency 'for cause' screening
railway medicals
Having a ‘for cause’ service in place means that you have retained a professional provider to perform emergency drug & alcohol screenings as required, 24 hours a day,
365 days a year.
For cause services are valuable for any industry, but they are absolutely essential for any business that has a proportion of its staff performing safety critical duties. Did you know? Having an active for cause service in place and ready to use, in the event that it is needed, is a requirement of the Achilles Link-Up Audit process, for the rail supplier
qualification scheme.
Are you attending a railway medical screening? You can download our 'What to Expect Guide' to prepare yourself for your appointment here
construction services
After accidents, incidents or suspected substance abuse we understand how important it is to get to you without delay to take specimens from all persons involved and to process results with extreme urgency. HCC guarantee to get you within 2 hours of your call and our fast, efficient service means that you can ensure your drug & alcohol results are delivered as rapidly as possible.
We are proud to announce that we are the first occupational health provider in the UK to become fully accredited and able to provide medical services under the Fitness for Task Standards for the construction industry.
*2 hour arrival service does not apply to remote locations.
premium for cause service
Service provided as above, with the addition of a dedicated courier service to our laboratory for a high-speed turnaround. Our premium service aims to obtain results, and peace of mind for you, within six hours of laboratory receipt.
Borne out of numerous requests for a faster service from our clients, HCC’s premium service has gone from strength to strength since 2007, achieving high praise from service users due to the excellent turnaround time and the workforce downtime savings that are made. You can opt to sign up to this service exclusively, or just let us know when you are booking a normal for cause that you would like to upgrade to our premium package.
random & unannounced screening
The new standard has been issued by Constructing Better Health.
Unannounced and random drug & alcohol screening of your workforce can provide a business with an easy and fair way to monitor employees for the use of banned substances whilst at work. This is an excellent deterrent for employees in any industry, but of particular importance if your employees are performing ‘safety critical’ duties in the workplace.
Unannounced screening allows for the whole workforce to be screened for drugs & alcohol, without prior notice being given to them. The HCC service includes onsite attendance, professional specimen collections and reporting of results. If you wish to opt for this kind of programme HCC can also help you to format your drug & alcohol screening policy in line with unannounced screening methods. HCC operate a zero tolerance policy for our own employees, who are regularly screened on an ‘unannounced’ basis.
Random drug & alcohol screening of the workforce means that only a percentage of employees are chosen, at random, for screening on an unannounced day. The HCC service includes the random selection of employees from a complete list, professional specimen collection and reporting of results. HCC recommends that random screening takes place more frequently than unannounced screening of the entire workforce. Random screening is also required to meet GE/RT 8070 Railway Group Standards.
pre-employment & periodic
emergency testing kits
This service supplies screening to work in line with your recruitment process and your ongoing health checking requirements for your workforce.
Pre-employment screening is used by many of our clients to establish candidate suitability prior to finalising appointments. HCC can attend onsite to you to perform quick and easy screenings, for example when you have a recruitment open day, or individuals can attend one of our medical rooms nationwide.
This service includes the quick turnaround to get all certificates to you as soon as possible, so that your recruitment process is not delayed. Negative results are usually available within one working day (after receipt at laboratory).
HCC’s quick solution to your drug & alcohol screening needs, particularly useful in remote locations and when you want a visible deterrent for your employees or pupils.
We can supply you with a box containing all you will need to perform 10 onsite drug & alcohol screenings (gives an immediate result), as well as the means to send specimens on for further laboratory analysis, as required. The box is labelled by HCC to act as a highly visible deterrent and should be clearly displayed.
HCC recommend that these boxes are used by persons such as the school nurse or an onsite person responsible for health & safety. Full instructions for use, and policy development, are included. Not recommended for workplace screening
Please call the HCC Sales Department to find out if this method of screening is suitable for your industry.
medication advice service
Chemist on Call is a unique service where you can instantly establish if the medication you are taking is safe to take whilst continuing "normal duties" at work.
consultancy & expert witness
As drug & alcohol procedural experts, we provide an Expert Witness service for legal cases and operate a highly successful results-driven Consultancy Service for our clients.
In addition, our excellence in giving clear and concise guidance for employers on all drug & alcohol specimen cases, as required, has been praised and makes us your first port of call if you have any query of a drug/alcohol related nature.
HCC have specialist trained Medical Review Officers available 24/7 to advise you as part of all of our standard drug & alcohol services, at no extra cost to you.
Due to adverse side effects, some medications need to result in an alteration to your working practices. In the interests of safe working, it may mean that we need to recommend an alternative medicine, so you can continue as normal, or that we issue you with a change or restriction of duties for the duration of the course of your medication.
The specialist on call pharmacists are at the end of the line 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to supply you with immediate advice.
Full employee education programmes, reminder cards and literature available.
email: sales@healthcare-connections.com
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