Our Commitment to Ethical Healthcare Supply

At Nationwide Healthcare Solutions, our purpose is to provide dependable healthcare supplies while maintaining the highest standards of ethics, integrity, and corporate social responsibility. As a trusted partner to the National Health Service and healthcare providers across the United Kingdom, we operate an absolute zero tolerance policy towards modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and human rights violations across all direct operations and supply chains.

We recognise that managing modern slavery risks requires continuous vigilance, transparent governance, and active engagement across our global supply network.

Our Core Principles

• Zero Tolerance: Absolute prohibition of forced, bonded, compulsory, or child labour, human trafficking, and worker exploitation.

• Fair Labour Standards: Protecting worker health and safety, guaranteeing fair remuneration, maintaining regulated working hours, and safeguarding workplace dignity.

• Risk Based Due Diligence: Evaluating higher risk supply chain areas, including overseas manufacturing and raw material sourcing, to target due diligence where potential exposure is highest.

• Transparent Accountability: Regular review of corporate controls, supplier performance, and governance structures to ensure ongoing effectiveness.

Our Governance and Policy Framework

To operationalise these commitments, Nationwide Healthcare Solutions enforces an integrated corporate policy suite across all business activities:

• Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy: Establishes overarching Board level oversight, statutory compliance under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, risk assessment procedures, and annual reporting obligations.

• Supplier Code of Conduct and Responsible Procurement Policy: Mandates strict adherence to human rights, legal compliance, and labour laws for all direct suppliers, contract manufacturers, packaging vendors, and logistics partners, including flow down obligations across lower tier subcontracts.

• Ethical Recruitment and Labour Standards Policy: Guarantees ethical hiring practices, direct staff vetting, strict oversight of temporary staffing agencies, and compliance with Equality Legislation, prohibiting any recruitment fees being charged to workers.

• Whistleblowing, Reporting and Remediation Policy: Establishes protected, confidential channels under our Whistleblowing Policy for employees, suppliers, and third parties to report concerns without fear of retaliation, backed by immediate investigation and structured remediation protocols.

Supply Chain Risk Management and Due Diligence

To manage modern slavery risks effectively, Nationwide Healthcare Solutions applies a structured due diligence framework aligned with public sector procurement expectations:

• Risk Screening: Screening suppliers across geographic location, sector exposure, operational criticality, and labour intensity.

• NHS and Public Sector Alignment: Participation in the Cabinet Office Modern Slavery Assessment Tool (MSAT) under Procurement Policy Note 009 for medium risk healthcare procurements.

• Audit and Traceability: Retaining explicit rights to inspect facilities, review working condition records, and trace supply chain pathways.

• Workforce Education: Mandatory onboarding and annual refresher training for all employees on modern slavery indicators, ethical standards, and reporting mechanisms.

Annual Disclosures and Governance Approvals

Our Modern Slavery Statement and supporting compliance framework are formally reviewed and approved annually by the Board of Directors of Nationwide Healthcare Solutions.

For further details or to view our formal compliance suite documentation, please contact our Compliance Team.