A partnership to promote prostate cancer screening has been recognised at an event in Flintshire. The collaboration between North Wales Police and prostate cancer awareness charity the Graham Fulford Charitable Trust (GFCT) was celebrated at Mold Police Station on May 30. The partnership represents a commitment to safeguard the health and wellbeing of men in their workplace.
The initiative highlights the need for early detection of prostate problems, an issue that has been in the forefront following the King’s recent treatment for an enlarged prostate. In 2019, GFCT started working with North Wales Police to offer Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test screening in offices and stations across the police estate to male employees and those over 40. A PSA test is a blood test which can detect the early signs of prostate cancer.
It measures the level of prostate-specific antigen in the blood. The innovative partnership between North Wales Police and GFCT has been replicated in other forces throughout the country and is viewed as a model of how to integrate screening in the emergency services workplace. Following a meeting about the project, Susan Hart, a trustee of GFCT, along with Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for North Wales, Andy Dunbobbin, attended a screening session at Mold Police Station.
They watched the in-work testing procedure and the advice and support given to the men in attendance. READ MORE: Holywell: Report of attempted burglary confirmed by police Police in.
