Becoming a Police Constable in Kent - Kent Police

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Protecting and serving the people of KentRespiratory systemConditions adversely affecting respiratory fitness will limit working ability most commonly from the sensation of breathlessness.Illness/injury/disease Police applicant NotesAny persistent respiratory diseaseimpairing exercise capacityUnlikely to be suitable.Assessment should be made on a caseby case basis.AsthmaUnlikely to be suitable.Likely to require further information, investigationand assessment.Treated hay fever without history of Likely to be suitable.wheezingSolitary spontaneous pneumothorax Likely to be suitable.Recurrent pneumothoracesChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD) affecting exercise capacityLikely to require further information, investigationand assessment.Unlikely to be suitable.Tuberculosis»»Active Unlikely to be suitable»»History of a previous episode of TB Likely to require further information, investigationand assessmentSuccessfully treated Tuberculosis Likely to require further information, investigationand assessment.SarcoidLikely to require further information, investigationand assessment.Reassess after treatment aimed atpreventing further recurrences.The loss of normal respiratory functionwill limit exercise capacity even in theabsence of superadded chest infections.Unacceptable risk of transmission duringtraining period.Becoming a Police Constable in Kent – Application process32
Protecting and serving the people of KentAlimentary systemIllness/injury/disease Police applicant NotesPeptic ulceration or dyspepsiaLikely to require further information, investigation Chronic pain may interfere with role.and assessment.Irritable bowel syndrome Likely to be suitable. Applicant under investigation; require»»Mild Likely to require further information, investigationclose proximity to the toilet; requireand assessment.codeine for control; or if the IBS has asignificant association with stress.Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s orulcerative colitis)Unlikely to be suitable, or if successfully treatedUC, likely to require further information,investigation and assessment.Chronic conditions with unpredictablecourse and relatively high surgicalintervention rates.Dietary conditions»»Coeliac disease»»Lactose intoleranceLikely to require further information, investigationand assessment.Likely to be suitable.Many sufferers will have minimalsymptoms with good dietary control andwill be suitable.»»Food allergy Likely to be suitable.HerniaLikely to be suitable assuming >3 months aftersuccessful surgical treatment.Training and operational role will becompromised due to local weakness inUntreated hernia refer to GP/defer till afterabdominal musculature. Hernia is likelysurgery.to increase in severity.Anal and perianal conditions Likely to be suitable Persistent perianal sepsis will causeActive chronic conditionsLikely to require further information, investigationand assessment.significant absence.Chronic liver diseaseUnlikely to be suitable.Biliary disease»»Gallstone disease Likely to require further information, investigationand assessment.»»Chronic biliary tree Unlikely to be suitable.Becoming a Police Constable in Kent – Application process33
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