The Health & Wellbeing Theatre

During this session former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the British Army Nick Pope and CEO of 87% Andy Bibby will share their insights into how they see wellbeing engagement evolving in the coming years. They will focus on the particular challenges faced by Blue Light Organisations, speaking with experience from both inside and outside comparable institutions. Particular attention will be drawn to the role of technology in enabling and enhancing human interaction rather than replacing it. In addition, Nick and Andy will examine how pioneering approaches can make the best use of tight budgets at the same time as improving effectiveness.

This session gives insight to a unique way of empowering organisations to enhance the skills of their people to overcome stress, unhelpful behaviours, build resilience, enhance leadership skills and maximise personal and organisational performance. With this new understanding and skill-set, we believe all leaders will be well placed to take their organisation forward, especially during these times of unprecedented change, demand and expectation.

Putting yourself first is about self-focus rather than being selfish. This is an extension of ‘put your own oxygen mask on first, before you help others’. Resilience is about recharging rather than enduring. BYOBF is a 5 step toolkit to prioritise & improve your health in our frantic 24/7 21st century world.

The Fire Fighters Charity’s Director of Engagement and Fundraising, Ruth Powell, talks to CFO Neil Odin about the mental health challenges facing fire and rescue service personnel today, how these can impact all levels of operations, why support from organisations like The Fire Fighters Charity is so important and what a healthy future workforce need.

This presentation will highlight some of the risks and common sources of fire contamination. It will suggest preventative measures for minimising exposure to fire toxicants and investigate different methods to improve firefighters’ health.

The CNC invested in the development of a bespoke Speech in Noise test, which provides an additional tool to traditional Puretone Audiometry Testing, to help them make informed decisions about an individual’s ability to safely carry out a role by assessing, differentiating, and predicting hearing abilities in complex listening environments.

This talk will demystify the grey area of mental fitness, explaining how it doesn’t have to be a burden on your business. With the power of technology and data insight, mental fitness can be a competitive advantage that helps improve employee focus and productivity and informs targeted wellbeing strategies. Learn how Air Ambulances UK has rolled out a nationwide wellbeing app that is empowering people to approach life with positivity and purpose, a collaborative presentation with wellbeing partners 87%, whose technology is facilitating a shift in mindset towards this crucial topic.

Policing is relentless, fast, and unpredictable. Officers have to keep calm, show no fear and put others first. This session takes a holistic view of the day to day pressures of a response officer and asks: ‘who is responsible for keeping the police well?’

The Health Practice Associates Council (HPAC) introduced a register in 2015 to help improve the professional standards of the non-paramedic ambulance clinician roles, vastly improving national accountability and safeguarding for patients and staff.
 
Currently, UK statute only requires the regulation of Paramedic grade emergency ambulance clinicians, unlike Ireland, USA, South Africa and other countries that regulate all ambulance grades. With an estimated 10,000 patient contacts (excluding PTS) per day in England alone by non-paramedic ambulance staff such as Ambulance Technicians, Associate & Ambulance Practitioners, Emergency Care Assistants First Responders, there is a clear case for regulation of these grades of ambulance clinicians and support workers.