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The culture and environment of a workplace can have significant impact on the health of employees.

The Cancer Council WA offers a range of services that support organisations to provide a healthy workplace environment and improve the wellbeing of staff.

Workplace education sessions

Cancer Council WA staff are trained  to provide workplace education sessions covering a range of health related topics. Sessions can be tailored to meet the needs of any organisation.

Visit the cancer education page to view the full range of education sessions available.

Speaker's kits

Several speaker's kits are available to support organisations deliver in-house health education sessions.

The kits includes powerpoint slides, speaker's notes, handouts and background information on the topic. Speaker's kits are particularly useful for workplaces located in remote and regional areas.

Prevention and early detection publications

The Cancer Council WA produces an extensive range of prevention and early detection publications including sun protection resources specifically designed for workplaces and outdoor workers.

Workplaces can purchase these resources for a small fee. If your workplace would like to make a healthy start contact our Resource Officer on (08) 9388 4333.

Cancer in the workplace forum

The first WA Cancer in Workplace forum was held in Perth in November 2011.  The forum discussed how different occupational environments can increase a person's risk of cancer.  International speaker Dr Lesley Rushton, Imperial College London, presented her findings from the study 'Cancers Caused by Occupation in Great Britain'.  Presentations from that event can be found below. Please note, these presentations are not to be reproduced.

'Cancers caused by occupation' - Dr Lesley Rushton

'Making progress towards reducing occupational cancer risk in Australia: Where we've come from and where we're going' - Prof Lin Fritschi

'OSH regulations and occupational cancer risk: where do the paths cross?' - Dr Deb Vallance

'Asbestos exposure among Western Australian tradesmen' - Prof Peter Howat

'Lessons learned from the Western Australian experience of mesothelioma' - Assoc Prof Alison Reid

'Occupational exposure to UV radiation. Compensation paid to outdoor workers 2000-2009' - Lauren Zappa

'Long term sedentary work and the risk of sub-site colorectal cancer' - Terry Boyle

'Cancer risk in fire fighters: The Fair Protection for Fire fighters Bill 2011' - Graeme Geer

'Cancer clusters in Australian workplaces. An update' - Assoc Prof Tim Driscoll

'What is the future of dealing with asbestos in Australia?' - Geoff Fary