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Modern Slavery Statement

Introduction

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This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement is response to Section 54(1), Pat 6 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and relates to actions and activities for the financial year ending 31st July 2022. Modern slavery is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights. It takes many forms, including slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour, and human trafficking, all of which involve the deprivation of a person's liberty by another in order to exploit them for personal or commercial gain.

Meds Resources Limited is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking violations in its own operations, its supply chain, and its products. MEDS resources takes a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery, and we are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all of our business dealings and
relationships, as well as implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery does not exist anywhere in our own business or in any of our supply chains.

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Organisational Structure

Meds Resources limited has business operations in the United Kingdom. We operate in the Adult and Children social care sector. The nature of our supply chains as follows:

We are also committed to ensuring transparency in our own operations and in our approach to combating modern slavery throughout our supply chains, in accordance with our disclosure obligations under the Modern Slavery Act. We expect the same high standards from all of our contractors, suppliers, and other business partners, we will continue to include specific prohibitions against the use of forced, compulsory, or trafficked labour, as well as anyone held in slavery or servitude, whether adults or children, in our contracting processes, and we expect our suppliers to hold their own suppliers to the same high standards.

For more information about the Company, please visit our website: https://www.medsresources.co.uk/

​This policy applies to all individuals who work for us or on our behalf in any capacity,
including employees at all levels, directors, officers, agency workers, seconded workers, volunteers, interns, agents, contractors, external consultants, third-party representatives, and business partners.
This policy is not part of any employee's employment contract, and we reserve the right to change it at any time.

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​Policies

Meds Resources Limited is ultimately responsible for ensuring that this policy conforms with our legal and ethical commitments, as well as that all people under our control abide by it.
MEDS resources is in charge of implementing this policy on a daily basis, monitoring its usage and effectiveness, dealing with any questions about it, and reviewing internal control systems and processes to ensure they are successful in combating modern slavery.
Management at all levels is responsible for ensuring that people reporting to them understand and comply with this policy, as well as that they get proper and ongoing training on it and the subject of modern slavery in supply chains.

We operate a number of internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business in an ethical and transparent manner. These include the following:

  • Recruitment and Selection Policy

We conduct checks on all prospective employees to verify that they are eligible to work in the UK. Most roles require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where employees may be working with vulnerable people.

  • Whistleblowing Policy

We operate this policy so that employees are able to raise concerns about how staff are being treated or practices within our business or our supply chains without fear of reprisal.

  • Staff code of conduct

We are committed to the fair treatment of all staff. Our staff code of conduct reflects our core values and expected behaviours. The code of conduct makes it clear that we have zero-tolerance to modern slavery.

  • Safeguarding Policy

This policy highlights the potential risk of modern slavery and human trafficking, including how to identify signs of exploitations and how to report concerns.

We make sure our suppliers are aware of our policies and adhere to the same standards.

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Due Diligence

As part of our efforts to monitor and reduce risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains, we have adopted the following:

  • Internal supplier audit

Our due diligence procedure aims to:

  • Identify and action potential risks in our business and suppliers

  • Monitor potential risks in our business and supplier

  • Reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our business and suppliers

  • Provide protection for whistleblowers​

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Risk and Compliance

Meds Resources has evaluated the nature and extent of its exposure to the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring within the business through:

  • Evaluating the slavery and human trafficking risks of each new employee

  • Reviewing our recruitment policy on a regular basis  

We do not consider that we operate in a high risk environment. We do not tolerate slavery and human trafficking. Where there is evidence of failure to comply with our policies and procedures by our suppliers, we will require that supplier to remedy the non-compliance.

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Effectiveness

Meds Resources Limited uses Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure its effectiveness and ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in its business. These KPIs are as follows:

  • We will regularly update our suppliers of our modern slavery practices yearly

  • We will train our staff about modern slavery issues and increase awareness within the organisation

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Training our staff

Meds Resources limited requires its staff to complete training and ongoing refresher courses on slavery and human trafficking. The organisation’s training covers:

  • How to identify the signs of slavery and human trafficking

  • What initial steps should be taken if slavery or human trafficking is suspected

  • How to escalate potential slavery or human trafficking issues to the relevant parties within the organisation

  • What external help is available

The statement was approved by the Board of Directors and has been signed by Gloria Duah on behalf of the Board of Directors.

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