NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Policies described

Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery

Training described

Your whole organisation Your front line staff Human resources Executive-level staff Procurement staff

Grievance mechanisms

Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups

Demonstrated progress

Commitments towards further progress: • Continue to map our supply chain to better understand the risk profile of our key suppliers. • Engage with our suppliers to encourage them to complete NHS England’s ‘Evergreen’ Sustainable Supplier Assessment. • Continue to engage with other NHS organisations to increase awareness of Modern Slavery risks to upskill our stakeholders. • Further analyse tenders to identify areas more at risk and create category-specific guidance, where needed.

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: Garment workers, including child labour, in south Asia at risk of violence, intimidation and threats, withholding of wages, debt bondage, abusive and unsafe working conditions and excessive overtime.
• Area: Within your supply chains
• Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
• Group: Women Migrants Children
• Location: Bangladesh China India Vietnam
• Mitigation: • Develop a new procedure to understand the risk of Modern Slavery across the Trust’s supply chain • Adopt NHS England ‘Evergreen’ Sustainable Supplier Assessment • Engage with others through workshops, webinars etc to upskill our stakeholders. • Analyse procurement categories risks to create category-specific guidance where needed. • A new Procurement training module to be rolled out to all Band 7 and above including clinical staff
• Risk: Electronics workers in China at risk of restriction of movement, retention of identity documents, withholding of wages, debt bondage, abusive working and living conditions and excessive overtime.
• Group: Women Migrants
• Location: China
• Mitigation: • Develop a new procedure to understand the risk of Modern Slavery across the Trust’s supply chain • Adopt NHS England ‘Evergreen’ Sustainable Supplier Assessment • Engage with others through workshops, webinars etc to upskill our stakeholders. • Analyse procurement categories risks to create category-specific guidance where needed. • A new Procurement training module will be rolled out to all Band 7 and above including clinical staff
• Risk: Manufacturing in the far east at risk of violence, restriction of movement, retention of identity documents, withholding of wages, debt bondage, abusive working conditions and excessive overtime.
• Location: China Cambodia Malaysia Vietnam