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Fire and Rescue Services: Health Services

Asked by Mike AmesburyIndependentHome OfficeTabled Answered 13 January 2025UIN 22061

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of regular health checks for fire fighters.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

Fire and rescue authorities, as employer, are responsible for the health and wellbeing of the firefighters they employ, and so it is for those authorities to take the appropriate action to conduct health checks on their workforce.

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