'Strong concerns' | Drugs & alcohol testing in the spotlight as council voices fears over worker substance misuse

Workplace drugs & alcohol testing is in the spotlight after a council in Scotland expressed “strong concerns” that staff could be working while under the influence. 

As highlighted by the Local Democracy Reporting service (LDR), the concerns were voiced in a City of Edinburgh Council internal audit on HGV safety - a report that was commissioned after an 11-year-old boy was fatally struck by a non-council bin lorry in Cheshire, earlier this year.