Developments in UK police wellbeing

A review of blue light wellbeing frameworks.

Policing demands are widely acknowledged to negatively impact on the physical and mental health of police officers and staff. Research has documented the need for greater insight into the stressors and trauma that impact police officers, with a current national drive towards enhancing the police wellbeing agenda: namely, Oscar Kilo and the National Wellbeing Service. To understand the current wellbeing strategies in place, 34 Blue Light Wellbeing Frameworks were analysed. 

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Phythian, R., Birdsall, N., Kirby, S., Cooper, E., Posner, Z., & Boulton, L. (2022). Developments in UK police wellbeing: A review of blue light wellbeing frameworks. The Police Journal, 95(1), 24–49. https://doi-org.aipm.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0032258X211073003