The Police Treatment Centres has received a generous grant from Police Mutual of £30,000 per annum over the next three years to support the work of our Patient Support Advisors at both PTC Centres & the provision of psychological support to Police Officers.
The Police Treatment Centres is a registered charity which provides treatment, recuperation, support and rest, including intensive, police-specific, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, for injured and ill police officers and retired officers. The PTC treated over 4000 serving & retired officers last year.
More so now than ever, particularly with the increase in violent crime, the life of a police officer is at best stressful and in many cases very dangerous. Although many patients visiting the Treatment Centre come for physiotherapy, there are a number of patients who need support with stress, anxiety and other such conditions. The number of these cases is increasing with at least 20% of patients requiring some support.
Police Mutual undertook a piece of research into mental health during 2014; the findings of which clearly demonstrate that more help and support is needed for those who are experiencing challenges with their mental health.
CEO Patrick Cairns with Claire Long and Helen Blackshaw from Police Mutual
Claire Long, Head of Police Service Engagement at Police Mutual said “The work of the patient advisors at Harrogate and Castlebrae are a key pillar of support and hopefully this funding will allow them to do more. “
Patrick Cairns the CEO of the PTC commented “We are very grateful to Police Mutual for this very generous donation, they have been huge supporters of the work that we do at the PTC in the past both financially and in other ways, and this money will go a very long way in allowing us to provide much needed support to the growing number of police officers presenting with psychological conditions for help at the PTC in the future”
This grant will continue the support Police Mutual started last year, when they kindly donated £30,000 towards patient support. Research has shown that patients that received support funded by Police Mutual Foundation throughout 2013 felt more than 50% better when they left our centres.
The PTC would like to thank Police Mutual for helping us to improve the health and wellbeing of these patients.
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