| Publication date | Publication title | Recommendation | Reviewed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25th April 2023 | Assurance Review of Scottish Police Authority Forensic Toxicology Provision | 13. SPA Forensic Services should, as a matter of urgency, review current working practices including workload and work allocation for all staff involved in the delivery of drug driving forensic service provision. |
13th May 2024 | Closed |
| 25th April 2023 | Assurance Review of Scottish Police Authority Forensic Toxicology Provision | 14. SPA Forensic Service managers must ensure they have effective management structures and performance management information in place to ensure proactive oversight and scrutiny in terms of work allocation, demand and capacity assessment, as well as performance. |
20th February 2025 | Open |
| 25th April 2023 | Assurance Review of Scottish Police Authority Forensic Toxicology Provision | 15. SPA Forensic Services should work with Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service to establish a pragmatic and realistic approach to report and evidence submission for drug driving, and consider criteria for SPA Forensic Services professional witnesses and opportunities for remote evidence provision. |
27th February 2025 | Closed |
| 25th April 2023 | Assurance Review of Scottish Police Authority Forensic Toxicology Provision | 16. SPA Forensic Services and Police Scotland should assure that data retention, data processing and production management guidance is cognisant of the handling and management of blood samples and associated data obtained for the purposes of sections 4 and 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988. |
16th July 2024 | Open |
| 25th April 2023 | Assurance Review of Scottish Police Authority Forensic Toxicology Provision | 17. SPA should review the functionality and membership of the Forensic Services Committee to provide effective and robust governance, providing an effective platform for Police Scotland, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner to hold SPA Forensic Services to account in terms of the quality and delivery of service provision. |
26th March 2024 | Closed |
| 25th April 2023 | Assurance Review of Scottish Police Authority Forensic Toxicology Provision | 18. SPA Forensic Services must urgently address drug driving analysis and reporting turnaround times, cognisant of six-month statutory timescales. |
10th March 2025 | Open |
| 25th April 2023 | Assurance Review of Scottish Police Authority Forensic Toxicology Provision | 19. SPA Forensic Services must prioritise the recruitment of toxicology staff – as outlined in the Forensic Services Operating Model – to ensure current drug driving demand levels can be met in the short term. |
16th July 2024 | Closed |
| 25th April 2023 | Assurance Review of Scottish Police Authority Forensic Toxicology Provision | 20. SPA and Police Scotland should develop a drug driving Enforcement Model that incorporates incremental growth and investment for innovation and technology with an adjoining public communication plan. |
10th March 2025 | Open |
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