The importance of health and wellbeing, with a special focus on mental health for those working in emergency services and allied agencies, will be the key theme of this year’s show at the NEC, Birmingham on 18-19 September.

The two-day event will feature theatres on Health & Wellbeing, IT Developments, Emerging Technologies for the Emergency Services and Lessons Learned from Operational Incidents. The seminar programmes can be viewed at: www.emergencyuk.com/seminar-programme#/

The British Red Cross will give an update on its Resilient Responders Programme, which aims to build individual and team resilience through a range of psychosocial support and interventions.

The Police Federation of England and Wales will outline the findings of the first-ever survey looking at how the menopause affects police officers and staff in the workplace, and how the findings can be used to facilitate better support and inform future policy and guidance.

The National Police Wellbeing Service will showcase its ‘wellbeing van’ – one of a fleet of bespoke-fitted vans which can deploy to operating bases across England and Wales, offering physical, psychological and financial health checks to officers and staff, supported by occupational health staff from each force area.

Police Care UK will share the findings of a national police survey it undertook with the University of Cambridge, which found that one in five police suffer with a form of PTSD. It will outline the practical steps that police can take to improve their trauma resilience and training.