TICS statement

Transparency in Supply Chains (TISC) Statement – 2024-2025

Frontline Health Professionals Transparency in Supply Chains Statement

This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and sets out the steps that Frontline Health Professionals has taken, and is continuing to take, to ensure that modern slavery or human trafficking is not taking place within our business or supply chain.

Policy Commitment

We are committed to ensuring transparency in our own business and in our approach to tackling modern slavery throughout our supply chain. Our Modern Slavery Policy outlines our zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business dealings and relationships.

Fundamental Standards and Legislation

Regulation 17: Good Governance
Systems or processes must be established and operated effectively to ensure compliance.

Policy Aims

The aim of our Modern Slavery Policy is to help our staff understand what constitutes modern slavery, identify the various responsibilities within the company, and outline how we plan to tackle modern slavery within our workplace.

What is Modern Slavery?

Modern slavery is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights. It includes slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour, and human trafficking, all of which involve the deprivation of a person’s liberty for personal or commercial gain. We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and are committed to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery does not take place in any part of our business or supply chain.

Examples of Modern Slavery

Examples include paying below the National Minimum Wage, forcing employees to work more than 48 hours a week without the required rest breaks, or any other actions that violate the Working Time Directive.

Service Users

As a care service, we ensure that no vulnerable adult in our care is subject to conditions that meet the Care Act (and similar) definitions of modern slavery. If we have suspicions, information, or evidence that any of our service users are victims of, or at risk of, modern slavery, we will take immediate protective action by alerting the appropriate safeguarding authority or police.

Due Diligence Processes

We undertake due diligence when considering new suppliers and regularly review our existing suppliers. This process includes building long-standing relationships with suppliers, making our expectations clear, evaluating modern slavery risks, and applying sanctions to suppliers that fail to meet our standards.

Compliance with the Policy

All employees must read, understand, and comply with this policy. Preventing, detecting, and reporting modern slavery in any part of our business or supply chain is the responsibility of all those working for or under our control. Concerns about any issue of suspicion of modern slavery must be raised at the earliest possible stage.

Training on Modern Slavery

To ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our organisation and supply chains, we intend to develop a training and information campaign to help staff understand these risks and how we manage them. All staff have been provided with a copy of this policy and are encouraged to monitor and report anything untoward.

Responsibility for the Policy

Mansi Shah has overall responsibility for ensuring this policy complies with our legal and ethical obligations, and that all those under our control comply with it. Management at all levels is responsible for ensuring that their teams understand and comply with this policy and are given the required training.

Breaches of this Policy

Any employee who breaches this policy will face disciplinary action, which could result in dismissal for misconduct or gross misconduct. We may terminate our relationship with other individuals and organisations working on our behalf if they breach this policy.

Further Steps

We will continuously monitor our business and its supply chains to ensure we are free from slavery and human trafficking. We will require our contractors and supply chains to act in accordance with our Anti-Slavery Policy and provide ongoing education and training to our staff to understand and adopt our values.

Monitoring and Review

The Company Secretary will review this policy at least once a year to ensure its effectiveness and make any necessary improvements. Employees are invited to suggest ways the policy can be improved.

Authorisation and Signature

This policy is the authorised version agreed by the Directors of Frontline Health Professionals. All employees are expected to follow this policy, and failure to do so could result in disciplinary action.

Director’s Signature

Director :Chris Barber

Date : 06/04/2024
For any queries regarding this statement, please contact Mansi Shah.