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The British Psychological Society (BPS) has published new guidance on how employers and employees can prepare for new ways of working as the easing of the lockdown is announced. They have also produced a document that will help staff and their employers work from home successfully.

In order to meet the challenges of COVID-19, Police Care UK have turned to some of the most influential and insightful voices in resilience and mental health to find out what we can do to help support our frontline officers.

'Police wellbeing: A staged approach when dealing with major incidents' guidance aims to provide a framework of support to human resources and occupational health teams when responding to major incidents. 

Tracie McKelvie, Occupational Health and Wellbeing Lead for Dyfed Powys Police and Queen's Nurse writes about the unique challenges of delivering occupational health services to a police force during COVID-19.

In this blog, Inspector Phil Spencer from Cleveland Police tells us how they made use of one of our wellbeing vans to support their staff during the coronavirus pandemic.

On this page we have collated a list of relevant information and signposting that may be of relevance for any occupational health staff within policing.

This piece is intended to bring to the fore some of the more specific issues and scenarios around death and bereavement that have become even more challenging in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr Noreen Tehrani a leading British Psychological Society psychologist working with the National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS) has written this blog considering how we can take care of our essential workers during the coronavirus outbreak.

Andy Rhodes, Service Director for the NPWS and former Chief Constable of Lancashire Police, sets out some of the emerging lessons drawn from his own experiences and conversations with many other leaders from a variety of different sectors.

Throughout the pandemic you will see lots of information on the web and social media and you may be unsure on what is the best advice. We have put together a list of trusted organisations where you can get the most up to date national guidance on coronavirus.

This short guidance document entitled ‘Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Policing’ has been published by the College of Policing.

"My biggest bug-bear around the concept of ‘resilience’ is that it often gets used to let others off the hook." Fiona Meechan