Mental health matters: are emergency services doing enough to support staff?

16 Sept 2026
People & Skills Stage Sponsored by YPO
People and Skills

In this multi-agency panel where we dig into the detail about how emergency services are supporting the mental health of their staff. What innovation are we seeing and what works well? Come and join the discussion and see if you can take back some great ideas to your workplace. 

Chairperson
David Ware
David Ware, Chair - IFE Mental Health & Well-being in Fire & Emergency Services Special Interest Group
Speakers
Lucy Herd
Lucy Herd, Bereavement Rights Campaigner, Grief Therapist, and Author - Your Hearts Garden
Nick Smart
Nick Smart, President - Police Superintendents' Association
Sarah Ennis
Sarah Ennis, National Board member - Police Federation of England and Wales