Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority People Committee with an overview of the key findings and recommendations from the recent independent review of Police Scotland’s Health and Wellbeing programme and the HMICS Frontline Focus – Wellbeing inspection and the way forward.
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Meeting
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People Committee - 30 May 2024
Date : 30 May 2024
Location : Online
Background
Our People Strategy 2024-27 highlights the importance of officer and staff wellbeing throughout, and its first strategic objective is to prioritise wellbeing and keep our people safe, protected and well-equipped. Under this objective, the strategy acknowledges the challenging nature of policing and the potential impact on health and wellbeing particularly mental health, prompting the need to prioritise the ‘complete wellbeing’ of the workforce. The desire for alignment around wellbeing is also evident in the People Strategy implementation plan, which commits to having “a coordinated approach to health, safety and wellbeing which meets the full needs of our people”.
The recent independent review of Police Scotland’s Health and Wellbeing Framework and the HMICS Frontline Focus – Wellbeing Inspection are an opportunity to provide us with a strategic focus and act as the foundations of a health and wellbeing programme moving forward.
Within this paper we aim to provide some background to each piece of work, present the key findings and align the recommendations to provide focus for the future development of a health and wellbeing programme which aligns with the commitment being made in our People Strategy.
