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<p><del class="ministerial">The death of any police officer is a tragedy. The Government
and police leaders take this matter seriously and are working to support the mental
and physical wellbeing of all police officers and staff.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We
have invested in programmes which offer help directly to officers and staff. This
includes £7.5 to fund the development of the National Police Wellbeing Service, which
was launched in 2019. The Service is helping forces to identify where there is most
risk of impacts on mental health, and developing work around building resilience,
as well as putting in place support for those who need it in response to traumatic
events.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government has also accelerated work
to introduce a Police Covenant, which will ensure our police get the support and protection
they need. The Covenant will be enshrined in law, with provisions being brought forward
later this session, and the Home Secretary will have a duty to report annually on
progress.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Our focus will be on health and wellbeing,
physical protection and support for families. We are in no doubt that an area we must
focus on is mental health support. We will continue to work closely with policing
partners to ensure the Covenant has a lasting impact on our police.</del></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">The death of any police officer is a tragedy. The Government and
police leaders take this matter seriously and are working to support the mental and
physical wellbeing of all police officers and staff.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We
have invested in programmes which offer help directly to officers and staff. This
includes £7.5 million to fund the development of the National Police Wellbeing Service,
which was launched in 2019. The Service is helping forces to identify where there
is most risk of impacts on mental health, and developing work around building resilience,
as well as putting in place support for those who need it in response to traumatic
events.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has also accelerated work
to introduce a Police Covenant, which will ensure our police get the support and protection
they need. The Covenant will be enshrined in law, with provisions being brought forward
later this session, and the Home Secretary will have a duty to report annually on
progress.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our focus will be on health and wellbeing,
physical protection and support for families. We are in no doubt that an area we must
focus on is mental health support. We will continue to work closely with policing
partners to ensure the Covenant has a lasting impact on our police.</ins></p>
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