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<p>Front line police officers in England and Wales</p><p>Each Chief Constable has
a duty to manage and support their workforce effectively, ensuring the welfare of
all officers and staff. It is therefore for Chief Constables to determine the appropriate
wellbeing and occupational health provision within their police forces, including
access to counselling.</p><p>The Government takes the issue of police welfare very
seriously and has invested in programmes which offer help directly to officers and
staff. In July 2017 the Home Office awarded £7.5 million from the Police Transformation
Fund to the College of Policing over three years to pilot and, if these pilots were
successful, roll out a dedicated national service to help provide enhanced welfare
support to serving police officers and staff.</p><p>Following two years of development
and piloting, the National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS) was launched in April 2019.
The NPWS has developed evidence-based guidance, advice, tools and resources which
can be accessed by forces, as well as individual officers and staff.</p><p>Ambulance
staff in England</p><p>Policy relating to ambulance staff is the responsibility of
the Department for Health and Social Care.</p>
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