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New plan to tackle stress

national template for a new Jason said: “As a forum, we looked at
nine-point stress plan which aims to what was in place to tackle stress in the
A help forces better prioritise officer workplace. We were only able to identify one
wellbeing has been launched by the Police risk-based process to identify and reduce
Federation of England and Wales (PFEW). stress which was the HSE management
Health and safety representatives from standards (SMS).
all 43 branches of the Police Federation “Through consultations and surveys that
have been presented with the template and were undertaken, we quickly identified that
it has also been shared with the Scottish there were different levels of
Police Federation, the Police Federation of implementations across forces, some had
Northern Ireland, the British Transport real successes and other force policies hadn’t
Police, the Civic Nuclear Constabulary and been updated for years.
the Ministry of Defence. “With the additional evidence from the
Jason Kwee, national health and safety national PFEW demand, capacity and welfare
lead for the Federation, has been survey, we were able to back up what we
instrumental in pulling together the plan, already knew - there was not enough being
which was presented at the National Police done to support the welfare and mental Jason Kwee, national health and safety lead.
health of our officers.”
Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) health and safety
“ their respective chairs and secretaries, and of

He added: “We are asking all our health
and safety leaders to have discussions with
working group and accepted in principle.
We are asking all our health and safety leaders
course chief officers, as to how this may
support their local wellbeing programme.”
to have discussions with their respective chairs

With stress being one of the biggest
and secretaries, and of course chief officers, as
reasons for absence, there is growing
to how this may support their local wellbeing
momentum to tackle the issue with
initiatives from many stakeholders,
programme.
including the NPCC, the College of Policing
(Oscar Kilo project), and the Health and
Safety Executive (HSE).
“

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