FOI 365237
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 365237
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 10th October 2024. Please find below the response to your request:
REQUEST 1:
How many officers and staff working for your force are currently waiting for mental health treatment? Please list the figures for police officers and staff separately.
REQUEST 2:
What is the current average waiting time for an officer working for your force to see a mental health professional in Occupational Health (not a nurse or other staff member). Please also provide the annual average waiting time every year since January 1st 2020. As the current year is not finished please provide the 2024 average to date.
REQUEST 3:
Does your police force keep a record of the number of officers and staff who die by suicide? If yes, please provide the total number that have died as a result of suicide every year since January 1st 2020, broken up into officers and staff. As the current year is not finished please provide the 2024 total to date, again broken up into officers and staff.
REQUEST 4:
How much money has been spent by your force on mental health provision, every year since January 1st 2020? As the current year is not finished please provide the 2024 total to date and the end of year estimated spend.
REQUEST 5:
How many mental health trauma specialists does your force currently employ? Also, broken down into separate years, how many mental health trauma specialists has your force employed since January 1st 2020?
Reply
1.
No specific information held.
It is not a mandatory requirement for Officers/Staff to disclose their psychological health status or inform us what treatment they are awaiting.
2.
No specific information held.
From 2020-May 2024 the Force has used the services of associate psychologists and counsellors whose waiting times vary. On average the waiting times have been around 2-4 weeks.
No specific information held.
4.
Mental Health Support
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2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
2023/24 |
2024/25 to date (as at 14.10.24) |
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£ 243,179 |
£ 279,840 |
£ 235,486 |
£ 191,635 |
£ 101,516 |
5.
Nil return. The Force does not employ mental health trauma specialists within OH/welfare, the trauma specialists we have used will be associate trauma specialists/therapists
2024 associate therapists – 8
2023 associate therapists - 8
No information held prior to 2023.