The Police Treatment Centres
The Police Treatment Centres (PTC) is a registered charity supported by voluntary donations from the police family primarily in the northern forces of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but also from British Transport Police, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary and the Ministry of Defence Police.
The charity provides two treatment centres where serving and retired police officers and staff can receive treatment following an illness or injury, with the aim of assisting their return to better health. The centres are St Andrews, in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, and Castlebrae in Auchterarder, Perthshire. The charity also offers a remote physiotherapy service.
Almost 4,000 serving and retired officers and staff attend the Treatment Centres each year and most receive intensive physiotherapy. Others seek support with stress-related conditions or anxiety and depression as part of the Psychological Wellbeing Programme.
A Pilates session.
Subscribing to the PTC
All student officers can receive their first 12 months’ subscription to the PTC free of charge. After the first free year, the donation rate is £9.99 a month that comes directly out of your pay.
The treatment centres are available to all serving West Midlands Police officers, PCSOs, Special Constables and detention and custody officers. Retired police can also sign up at a lower rate.
A fully equipped gym.
Find out more at a virtual information session.
If you are not currently subscribing to the PTC please visit their website where you can also find the sign-up forms.
Any serving officer who had previously been donating to Flint House was automatically transferred to the PTC from 1 January 2021.
Visit The Police Treatment Centre’s website.
Take a weekend break and help the Police Treatment Centres
You can book weekend B & B breaks at the Police Treatment Centres (PTCs).
The two centres, St Andrews at Harrogate, North Yorkshire, and Castlebrae at Auchterarder, Perthshire, are set in stunning countryside and give members a great chance to unwind for a couple of days while raising money for the PTC.
Find out more about the B & B breaks.
You can also book a week-long stay at a self-catering, three-bedroomed holiday cottage in the grounds of Castlebrae.
The spacious cottage sleeps up to five, plus a travel cot, on a self-catering basis. It features:
- Large double en suite with shower
- Twin bedroom
- Single bedroom
- House bathroom with bath
- Fully fitted modern kitchen with fridge freezer, oven and microwave.
- Garden with outdoor seating.
It is dog-friendly so you can take along a well-behaved dog for an extra £30.
Again, all funds go back to the PTC.
Check availability and book a stay in the Auchterarder cottage. School holiday dates usually go very quickly.
