People and Skills Stage

Kick start your day with great actionable advice and tips about how to stay well despite the shift work! Discussing things like healthy eating, fitting in exercise and the importance of good sleep all …

Drawing on his own career in the military and working with emergency services in Northern Ireland, Jason Gillard will lead this practical panel focused on how to move from uniformed service to another …

Our communities are changing, but what remains the same is the public's expectation for policing to deliver a trusted and effective service that cuts crime and keeps people safe. Join this session fro …

Asked to set up a fire service in the remote region of the Himalayas, John Aitchison didn’t hesitate and building on his years establishing Fire Aid Nepal, he was the right person for the job. Startin …

This session will explore our individual personal lived experience of disability, the Disability inclusion initiatives implemented by police and by ambulance respectively and the collaborative work we …

Moving into the emergency services after a long career in the military would seem to be a daunting prospect, but for Fin Monahan and Claire Park they have both made a successful transition and now hav …

A frontline insight into the findings of a staff centred project to identify, assess, better understand and effectively manage the root causes of work-related stress within the control room environmen …

West Midlands Police is giving its new recruits virtual reality headsets to experience incidents from the victim’s point of view.  Focusing on crimes such as stalking, harassment, rape and domestic, t …

In this short session to kick off day two of the show, Lucy shares the findings from her recent postgraduate research into bariatric evacuation and rescue during high impact events in London. With spe …

Across major incidents from Grenfell to the Manchester Arena, public inquiries have exposed a consistent thread: well-intentioned leaders placed in critical positions without the tools, training, or r …

With a new book focused on burnout and using case studies from the emergency services, Dr Richard Duggins is the perfect person to share his tips with the show this year. We are delighted that he is j …

Changing behaviour is critical to so much of the prevention work going on across the emergency services. So, what works? At the NHS Blood and Transplant Service, they use behavioural insights to infor …

In this insightful panel, learn how to navigate cultural transformation in a session that goes beyond theory bringing the conversation back to those leading change on the ground. This session featurin …

Fire and police services and the armed forces are legally bound to analyse and publish their equality data. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is launching its first guidance on using equality data for uniformed services in Great Britain. Join our expert panel to find out how the guidance will help fire and police services and the armed forces comply with the law, tackle workforce harassment, discrimination and victimisation, improve staff recruitment and retention, and improve their reputation.