Rail Industry Drug and Alcohol Testing Services.
Whatever your business needs, Absolute Biomedical will provide you with the highest quality service. Primarily working with the Rail Industry to provide Drug and Alcohol Testing Services, we also offer a plethora of corporate health and well-being services.
Rail Industry Substance Testing Services
- Railway Medicals
- Rail Industry Drug & Alcohol testing
- On-site testing
- Random Drug and Alcohol Screening Services
- Rail Industry Drug Testing Services
- Rail Industry Alcohol Testing Services
- For-cause substance screening
Opening Hours
We have availability of alcohol and drug testing services 24/7 to ensure you have the best quality service at a time convenient to you.
Our lines are open between the following: 01443 709686
- Monday 08:30AM - 17:00PM
- Tuesday 08:30AM - 17:00PM
- Wednesday 08:30AM - 17:00PM
- Thursday 08:30AM - 17:00PM
- Friday 08:30AM - 17:00PM
- Saturday/Sunday Closed
Dedicated to Providing High Quality
Health Screening Services
Safety critical and rail industry workers must pass a drug and alcohol screening before they can start work. It is illegal for employees to work while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Our medical team of specialist doctors and nurses are trained to deliver the health diagnostic and assessment needs for any industry. We care about your health & well-being and provide you with a quality guarantee of our commitment to excellence and delivery of exceptional services.
We also provide a comprehensive range of urine/oral fluid testing to industry to ensure the safety of all staff. Medical reports cover the results of all lab tests.
Our services can be delivered at our health centre based in South Wales or on-site at your premises. Contact us today to speak to an adviser who can help:
Contact us – 01443 709686
Supporting Employers with employee health services
We offer a range of medical services that extend across all industries. The health and well-being of employees is vitally important, a fit and happy work force is a key factor in organisational productivity. There is a significant cost to benefit ratio on health.
We supply employee Health Surveillance a mandatory requirement for employees working with certain risk factors as part of their roles, we can support you with the risk assessment to identify the exact services your require.
In addition we offer a range of services to support health and wellbeing within the workplace helping employers offer pro-active interventions to create positive working environments.
Led by Passionate Clinical Experts
We aim to provide the best drug and alcohol testing service to the rail industry.
We have an innovative, experienced team of rail and medical professionals.
Years of combined clinical experience across NHS service delivery
we share services to a wide range of clients
Affordable Drug and Alcohol Screening
We have a range of services competitively priced to ensure you get the best service for the best price
Individual PACKAGE
Rail Medical & Drug/Alcohol Test
New starter to the rail industry must complete an approved medical and drug test.
- Fasting Required: 10-14 Hours
- Report available: Same Day
- Receive Report by Email
BASIC PACKAGE
Individual Medical or Drug/Alcohol test
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- Excellent availability
- Fast result processing
- Receive Report by Email
Business PACKAGE
Corporate Packages Medical requirements
Complete services for your medical and drug & alcohol screening requirements
- All staff office/site medical & DA screenings
- Health & Wellbeing programmes
- Incident response/for cause-
Why Use Our Rail Medical and Testing Services
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Your Questions, Our Answers
Please call us with and questions you may have, a friendly, professional member of staff is here waiting to take your call and guide you through the process. In the meantime here are a selection of questions we have answered recently for our clients.
The medical will involve a consultation of around 1hr with one of our Occupational Health Technicians/Nurses examiners to determine your general level of fitness against rail industry standards.
The basic medical assessment will involve the following:
- Medical Questionnaire
- Blood Pressure
- B.M.I /Height & Weight
- General Health
- Hearing
- Vision & Colour vision assessment
- Mobility
For the Network Rail Drug and Alcohol Screening, individuals will need to provide a urine sample for analysis. Our collection officers will send the to our RISQS approved UKAS Accredited Laboratory for testing. The laboratory tests the sample for traces of:
- Amphetamines (incl. Methamphetamines)
- Benzodiazepines
- Cannabis
- Cocaine
- EDDP (Methadone metabolite)
- MDMA
- Opiates
- Propoxyphene
All prescribed medication must be accurately declared to the collection officer at the time of processing.
Results can take up to 3 days, and longer if there are any contraindications. Additional charges will be passed on to the individual if the sample needs to be processed by a medical review officer MRO. Positive samples will lead to a 5-year suspension, notified on your Sentinel profile.
Alcohol is assessed using an intoximeter (breath test), and results are immediate.
You will need to bring valid and original proof of Identification and National Insurance. These may include:
- Photographic ID such as (Driving Licence/Passport/ Sentinel Card/CSCS-CPCS cards.)
- National Insurance such as (original NI card/P45/P60)
If you wear glasses/contact lenses please bring these along. If you have been prescribed medication from your GP then please bring along details of this medication. If you have recently taken over the counter medication please ensure you have the details so that it can be noted during the assessment/drug screening. Everything you need will be clearly explained on your joining instructions prior to attendance.
If you are a new starter to the rail industry you will most likely need a combined medical and drug & alcohol screening. All new entrants must pass a rail specific medical examination and produce a urine sample that will be screened. There are different Levels of Rail medical – the standard one for track workers is medical level 1.
Our staff will be more than happy to advise you on what you need for you or your company. Contact us on 01443 XXXXXX
The medical appointment is expected to take between 40 – 60 minutes
- Driving Licence
- Passport
- National Identity card
- Industry Accredited (Sentinel Card/CPCS/CSCS)
All forms of Photographic identification MUST be in ORIGINAL form. A picture on your phone or photocopy etc will NOT do. If you have any difficulties please let us know prior to booking.
As a general rule the medical validity is linked with your age at the time you attend and pass a medical. The maximum expiry date of medical certificates issued shall be:
- 10 years, up to the age of 40
- 5 years, until the age of 65
- renewed annually thereafter
If at anytime an individual is subject to significant illness, injury or change in personal circumstances that could impact their fitness to work, they should discuss this with their primary sponsor who may refer the individual to an occupational health assessment before normal work is continued.
A new Drug & Alcohol screening is required to initially join the rail industry and begin working for a primary sponsor (an approved rail company). From this point onwards you will only need to complete a new screening if you wish to change primary sponsor and your last screening was over 12 weeks ago.
Rail industry staff can be subject to additional screenings such as Random/for-cause and post-incident though these are arranged by your employer.
