Cancer screening

Conference notes the extensive and thorough testing and report back from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and Professor Anna Stec during the DECON work.

Conference instructs the Executive Council (EC) to raise immediately at the National Joint Council the requirement for an agreed in-depth cancer screening process, to include Galleri testing, to be introduced to all firefighters during routine periodic medicals given the enhanced likelihood of contracting the disease due to contaminants.

This screening will hopefully detect cancers a lot earlier in firefighters, making it more manageable, and will follow on with the work done by UCLan keeping detailed files on cancers in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation.

This process is to be completed by Conference 2024 and reported back.