COVID-19 hub

This is our COVID-19 hub, in this section, you will find advice, resources, guidance, and signposting from the National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS), the government, the NHS, and other experts around COVID-19.

Information and advice

In this section, you will find national guidance, advice on wellbeing, and resources you can use locally.

Long covid rehabilitation programme
This programme, brought to you in partnership with Nuffield Health, is designed to support you if you are finding it difficult to recover from the long-term effects of COVID-19.
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COVID-19 signposts

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.

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Info for occupational health staff

Here, we are collating a list of relevant information and signposting that may be of relevance for any occupational health staff within policing. We’ll continue to build the information on this page and hope to update it regularly.

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Trauma resilient policing

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, Dr Rick Hanson and Dr Jess Miller, to find out what we can do to help support our frontline officers.

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Anxiety and distress

This guidance for employers and employees has been published by the British Psychological Society. It includes thorough advice, solutions and tips on dealing and reducing anxiety and distress at work and a clear insight into how to implement supportive measures.

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Deaths and bereavements

This piece, written by two world leading experts, 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. 

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Considerations post COVID-19

Professor Neil Greenberg was lead in developing the staff mental health strategy for the London Nightingale hospital during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. Here you can access the papers and resources about life post covid that Neil has worked on.

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Blogs

Here you will find all the blogs and interviews relating to COVID-19.

COVID-19 and mindfulness

Rachel Blackwell talks about how she got into mindfulness and why she thinks it is a useful part of any police officer’s kit, in our professional and personal lives. Rachel has also included some mindfulness sessions for you to try.

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Delivering occupational health through the pandemic

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

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Using a wellbeing van during the COVID-19 crisis

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

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Taking care of our essential workers

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.

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COVID-19 leadership reflections

Andy Rhodes, Service Director for the NPWS and former Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary, has written this blog setting out some of the emerging lessons drawn from his own experiences and conversations with other leaders from a variety of different sectors.

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Infographic - COVID-19 Social Isolating

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Infographic - COVID-19 Social Distancing in a Public Facing Role

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Infographic - COVID-19 Social Distancing at Work

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Infographic - COVID 19 Advice on Home Working

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