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nicola68 · 15-03-2008, 06:58

My husband has recently started a new job with an engineering company in the area he had to attend a medical at "Capita" medical services. At the medical he was screened for "street drugs" and had to inform them of anything that was being prescribed by his GP. The outome of this test proving positive would have meant that he would have had the offer of employment withdrawn straight away. This had happen very recently with one of the employees who had been working via an agency and had then been offered a permanent contract, he was instantly dismissed with no discussions.
I'm sure there are other employers out there that screen successful applicants.

15-03-2008, 06:58	#21
nicola68 Full Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Clayton Le Moors Posts: 221 Liked: 23 times Rep Power: 2540	Re: drug/alcohol screening for job applicants in the UK My husband has recently started a new job with an engineering company in the area he had to attend a medical at "Capita" medical services. At the medical he was screened for "street drugs" and had to inform them of anything that was being prescribed by his GP. The outome of this test proving positive would have meant that he would have had the offer of employment withdrawn straight away. This had happen very recently with one of the employees who had been working via an agency and had then been offered a permanent contract, he was instantly dismissed with no discussions. I'm sure there are other employers out there that screen successful applicants.