Have your say in National Police Wellbeing Survey
30 May 2025
Police officers, Specials, members of police staff and police volunteers are being urged to take part in the annual National Police Wellbeing Survey.
The confidential survey is led by Oscar Kilo, the National Police Wellbeing Service, and is open to all officers, staff and volunteers regardless of their rank, role or length of service.
It takes just 10 minutes to complete with responses being submitted anonymously.
“This survey covers a wide range of subjects including wellbeing, work demands, support from managers and teams, leadership, communication, resources, recognition, inclusion and engagement providing everyone involved in policing with a chance to share their views and help shape decisions made around policing in the West Midlands and nationwide in the future,” says Patrick McBrearty, West Midlands Police Federation’s health and safety lead.
Pay and morale
“While the Federation carries out its own pay and morale survey among its members, this survey reaches further since it covers not just Federated officers and Specials but also the more senior officer ranks, police staff and volunteers.
“The more people who take part in the survey, the better chance we all have of influencing the change we want to see, since a higher return rate will give more weight to the findings.”
The survey was launched on 19 May, with a link being sent by email.
For the first time, Oscar Kilo has partnered with Leapwise, a policing specialist consultancy to create a more focused survey which is faster to complete. Designed with input from officers, staff, HR teams, occupational health departments, staff associations and national leads, it has clearer questions, will provide a quicker turnaround of results.
Last year’s survey was postponed as there were many other surveys being circulated from other national programmes.
But there were more than 42,000 responses to the 2023 Oscar Kilo survey, 23,616 of which were from police officers.
The findings revealed:
- A reduction in symptoms of depression among officers and staff
- A decrease in symptoms of anxiety for police staff
- Moderately high average levels of resilience for both police officers and police staff
- Confidence in job skills
- Sense of control at work.
Further action was needed on:
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The decline in emotional energy
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High levels of fatigue
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An increased intention to quit
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High frequency of hindrance stressors
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Officers and staff feeling less valued.
Past survey responses have already led to real changes, including the launch of a national sleep, fatigue and recovery programme, the Police Health Observatory and a National Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
As soon as the survey closes, initial results dashboards will be shared with forces immediately after the survey closes, with the national report being published within two months.
