新西兰解散了消防员癌症审查小组,代之以个别顾问,引起了对透明度和公平索赔处理的关切。 New Zealand disbanded its firefighter cancer review panel, replacing it with individual advisors, sparking concerns over transparency and fair claims processing.

新西兰事故赔偿公司(ACC)解散了专门评估消防员癌症索赔的毒理学小组,取而代之的是因退休和丧偶而退休的个别临床顾问。 New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has disbanded its specialized toxicology panel for assessing firefighters’ cancer claims, replacing it with individual clinical advisors due to retirements and bereavements. 这一改变是在没有咨询消防员工会的情况下作出的,引起了人们对透明度和获得支助的机会减少的关切,特别是对志愿消防员而言。 The change, made without consulting firefighter unions, has sparked concern over reduced transparency and access to support, especially for volunteer firefighters. 虽然AFOEM注册的职业医生使用新流程, 并允许专家投入, 但工会认为这种转变破坏了承认消防员癌症与工作有关的努力, 如在澳大利亚、加拿大和美国所做的那样, While ACC says the new process uses AFOEM-registered occupational doctors and allows for expert input, unions argue the shift undermines efforts to recognize firefighter cancers as work-related, as done in Australia, Canada, and the U.S. 有些索赔,如Brent Wilson和Maurice Tipene的索赔,最初被拒绝,但后来通过调解得到维持,这突出说明了在证明与工作有关的暴露于锂电池等危险方面持续存在的挑战。 Some claims, like those of Brent Wilson and Maurice Tipene, were initially denied but later upheld through mediation, highlighting ongoing challenges in proving work-related exposure to hazards like lithium batteries.