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Police Care UK has today launched a new service for police veterans looking to set up their own business after leaving the service. With more than 11 serious injuries a day, and the pscyological trauma of policing taking its toll on more frontline police, the…

Police Care UK and the Police Treatment Centres have today announced a strategic partnership that establishes a centre of excellence to better care for those who suffer psychological harm because of their policing role.

Police Care UK Chief Executive, Gill Scott-Moore, has today called on police chiefs and the health authorities across the UK to co-develop a national strategy that tackles the serious mental health issues affecting police officers and staff, and volunteers across the UK.

This is according to early findings from the largest known force-wide survey, which focused on police wellbeing and screened for clinical symptoms of both disorders. The research has been conducted by a team of sociologists at the University of Cambridge and funded by the charity…

The soft launch of Oscar Kilo’s National Wellbeing Service was one of several key talking points at our annual Upbeat! conference in Leeds. Chief Constable of Lancashire Andy Rhodes outlined the purpose of the service – that being to provide a national standard across UK…

Trauma management needs improving to address Complex PTSD, working conditions and job quality in UK policing

At-risk roles can be supported better to improve trauma resilience

Making sense of difficult incidents is something which operational police need to get good at so that they can go from one job to the next (and indeed go home afterwards) healthily.