Please select a topic to view one of our company policies related to that topic:

• Accident – see near miss policy and Accident reporting
• Alcohol use – See Drugs & Alcohol Policy
• Allergens – see Allergens safety
• Appraisal – see Performance review
• Anti-Bribery & Corruption – See Maintaining Integrity Policy
• Business Values – See business values
• Chemicals – see chemical safety policy.
• Competence – Competence and Training Policy also see:
  • Continuous professional development (CPD)
  • Diagnostics Training
  • Induction Policy
  • Performance review
  • Safety Training
• Communication see communication policy
• Confirmation of data – See confirmation and recheck policy
• Corrective actions – see risk, preventative and corrective actions policy.
• Data Protection – See T&Cs and Data Protection Policy
• Diagnostics – see Diagnostics and Training of Diagnostics Policy.
• Disaster Planning – See Major Incidents Policy
• Disaster Training – See Emergency Training
• Discrimination – See Maintaining Integrity Policy
• Disclaimer – see lab results disclaimer.
• Drugs – See Drugs & Alcohol Policy
• Energy Efficiency – see Energy Efficiency Policy
• Equipment (lab) – see safe operation of lab equipment.
• Electrical safety – see Electrical safety Policy
• Ethical Business practices – Ethical Business Pledge from the directors
• Ethical Employment – See Modern Slavery & Ethical Employment Policy
• Ethical supply chains – see supplier code of conduct.
• Environment – See Health & Safety and Environment Policy for overview also see:
  • Chemical use and storage policy
  • Energy Efficiency Policy
  • Environmental Management Strategy Policy detailed action plan
  • Good Laboratory Practices policy
  • Green travel policy.
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability (Environmental)
  • Waste Management Policy
• Employee wellbeing – See Maintaining Integrity Policy
• Espionage – see Protecting against espionage
• Fire – See Major Incidents Policy
• Good Laboratory Practices – see Good laboratory practices policy
• Height – see working at height policy
• Health & Safety – See Health & Safety and Environment Policy also see:
  • Accident reporting
  • Allergens
  • Chemical safety policy.
  • Electrical Safety Policy
  • Emergency Training Policy
  • Employee well-being & mental health policy.
  • Good laboratory practices policy.
  • Lab Health and safety overview policy.
  • Lone worker
  • Major Incidents Policy.
  • Manual Handling
  • Near Miss Policy
  • Safe operation of lab equipment.
  • Safety Culture Policy.
  • Training Policy
  • Working at Height
• Induction – see Induction Policy
• Integrity – See Maintaining Integrity Policy
• Information Security – See Data Security Policy
• Lab equipment (safe use) – see safe operation of lab equipment.
• Latex – see allergens safety policy
• Lifting and Manual Handling – see Manual Handling Policy
• Lone Working – see Lone worker policy
• Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) – see chemical safety policy.
• Medical Emergency – See Major Incidents Policy
• Mental Health – see Employee well-being & mental health policy.
• Modern Slavery – See Modern Slavery & Ethical Employment Policy and supplier code of conduct.
• Near Miss – see Near Miss Policy.
• Operational resilience – See Smooth Operations policy
• Performance – see Performance review
• Privacy – See T&Cs and Data Protection Policy
• Proficiency Testing – See Proficiency Testing Policy
• Project Management – See:
  • Smooth Operations Policy
  • Risk Management
• Quality – see:
  • Competence and Training Policy
  • Confirmation of data (retest)
  • Document control Policy
  • Equipment usage policy.
  • Good laboratory practices policy.
  • Proficiency Testing Policy
  • Quality of Lab Data Policy
  • Risk, preventative and corrective actions policy.
  • Standard Operating Procedure Development and Implementation Policy.
  • Supplier vetting and code of conduct.
• Recycling – see Recycling Policy
• Retest / Recheck – See confirmation of data policy
• Record Keeping – see Record Keeping and document control Policy
• Risk – see risk, preventative and corrective actions policy.
• Sickness – see sickness and absence policy
• Standard Operating Procedures – Standard Operating Procedure Development and implementation policy. (Note individual SOPs are not publicly available – lab staff please consult internal QMS network).
• Stress – see Employee well-being & mental health policy.
• Substance misuse- See Drugs & Alcohol Policy
• Suppliers – Supplier code of conduct
• Terms and Conditions – See T&Cs and Data Protection Policy
• Training – see Competence and Training Policy
• Travel – see Green travel policy.
• Values – See business values
• Waste – see Waste Management Policy
• Working in a laboratory – see Good laboratory practices policy.