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DEC 2022 UPDATE: You may have heard of the recent rise in cases of Monkeypox, the Chief Medical Officer for policing, Professor John Harrison has produced this guidance which gives details on the virus and a risk assessment of catching monkeypox

2022 has been a busy year for the National Police Wellbeing Service, we've put together a quick review of the last 12 months to remind you of all the fantastic work taking place to support police wellbeing.

Today (14 December 2022) sees the launch of a brand-new short film and mental health awareness package entitled; ‘Purpose’.  

Nutritionist Anna Earl, who is hosting our nutrition for wellbeing webinars, has put together a short video looking at the challenges to eating healthily at this time of the year.

We have published the November / December edition of our new regular bulletins. Read about it and how to access these regular updates.

The College of Policing and National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) have worked with forces and neurodiverse officers and staff to bring together national guidance, public resources and policing case studies in a workplace adjustments toolkit.

Over 500 officers and staff have responded to a research project focused on understanding how police officers and staff felt during the pandemic, and how their wellbeing was affected.

Tonight (Wednesday 30 November), our Service Director, Andy Rhodes and programme lead, Liz Mead will be taking part in a WeCops chat about our new service improvement and stress reduction (SISR) programme.

We are proud to be involved and to be supporting the College of Paramedics, and other emergency responder organisations at the Emergency Services Mental Health Symposium 2022 at Silverstone this week.

We are delighted to have Rav Wilding, TV presenter and former Metropolitan and British Transport police officer supporting the launch of our brand new ‘Together against assaults’ Operation Hampshire campaign. Read on to find out all about the campaign, why it's important and how we are supporting forces across the country to support officers and staff who have been assaulted at work.

Read this blog from our colleagues in the Metropolitan Police about their Shine Wellbeing multi agency trauma awareness day they held in October.

We are excited to announce the launch of our brand new nutrition for wellbeing programme. Over the coming months we will be sharing some great nutritional advice, to help rebalance your energy and combat fatigue.