HR professionals unanimous in support for free employee cancer checks

As the number of cancer cases and survivors increases, a new study has highlighted the critical need for universal cancer screenings for all employees.

95% of HR professionals supported the pressing requirement for regular, free cancer checks for all employees, and 63% actively plan to introduce cancer awareness programmes and/or screening in their organisation. 22% were ‘not sure’ and 13% said it was unlikely.

Professor Gordon Wishart, cancer surgeon and Medical Director at Check4Cancer, which produced the report, said: "HR needs to be planning now for the future, thinking through in detail what the implications are, and in practical terms what kinds of support it can offer for its people, as part of its statutory duty of care, but also as an employer in tune with the real concerns and needs of its staff."