The healthcare sector has a duty of care to ensure anyone working at or visiting medical premises is safe – whether that is patients, visitors, staff, or volunteers.
Patients and individuals admitted to hospital and healthcare settings are usually extremely vulnerable. Those in mental health institutions or secure hospitals being treated for addiction are especially at risk, as they may continue to try to obtain tobacco products and illegal substances throughout their stay.
We work across the healthcare sector providing highly trained tobacco and drug search dogs for hospitals, care homes and more across the UK. Implementing preventative measure can be extremely successful in minimising the presence of drugs on and around premises, as well as ensuring everyone is protected from the distressing impact illegal substances can cause.
Our search dogs for hospitals are highly trained and can conduct passive drug detection searches, where they remain on lead and do not make direct contact with any individual.
Our dogs are trained to search any environment and can operate off lead, when it is safe to do so, during proactive drug detection searches. A proactive search can cover large areas in a reasonably short amount of time.
Throughout the entire process, our dogs remain under the control of their experienced handlers, who are accredited to the highest industry standards.
Patrols can be conducted in communal areas, accommodation and surrounding areas depending on your requirements. We can also operate openly to act as a high-profile deterrent or more discreetly. We would be happy to work on monthly or quarterly scheduled visits as well as emergency call outs.
We will collaborate with you and discuss your requirements, whether that is for a one-off assignment or a regular contract. We can undertake passive and proactive searches in healthcare environments across the UK, including:
Hospitals (NHS, charity or private)
Children’s homes
Correctional facilities
Drug rehabilitation centres
Pupil referral units
GP surgeries
Secure hospitals
Mental health institutions
We are experienced in conducting searches for illicit substances in healthcare environments and understand that, on occasion, we will need to operate discreetly.
Our drugs sniffer dogs are highly trained to detect illegal Class A and Class B substances. They can search a wide range of areas, from individual rooms and communal areas to exercise spaces and outdoor grounds.
Our tobacco detection dogs are trained to detect real, counterfeit and contraband products that are not permitted in certain healthcare environments. This can include a large quantity of tobacco or a single cigarette.
Our detection dogs are highly trained to detect illegal Class A and Class B substances in any location across the UK.
Our tobacco detection dogs are trained to detect real and fake tobacco and search for contraband, which helps fight the illegal tobacco trade.
From crowd control to premises protection, we have dog and handlers teams available to provide a canine patrol service nationwide.
Thank you, the service you provided was fantastic. It was just what we wanted – the handler let the dogs run around our field before they started ‘work’ which got our Year 10 and Year 11 students talking. The assembly was so informative and a lot of fun. The handler also said the magic words that she will be back but unannounced! Thank you again so much, we very much look forward to working with you in the
future.
I wanted to write to say how successful our first experience of working with K9 has been today. Both the handler and dogs were delightful and made my job facilitating the visit so much easier. We look forward to working with you again in the future.
We were extremely happy with the recent K9 visit and how smoothly it went. The information you had provided beforehand was invaluable in helping us to plan for the visit. It was a pleasure to meet both the handler and his dogs and it is safe to say they were a huge hit with our staff! The handler was very friendly and professional at all times and he provided lots of helpful advice at possible hiding places around the school site and steps we can take to keep out site safe. The visit went very smoothly
and we have had positive feedback from parents and students about the experience. We will most definitely be booking further visits.
It was AMAZING – it went really well and your handler was fantastic with our children (which isn’t always the case with external visitors as our children are not always the easiest!). Thank you so much.
The handler and dog were both great and we managed to cover the whole site in a morning. The handler was also very confident in talking to the larger groups in assembly. We were very happy with the day. Thanks for your good service.
The handler who came on both occasions was very good and very professional. He spoke excellently to the students and really put them at ease. He did really well in assemblies and was efficient around the school.