Trauma management in UK policing survey
Research Institution / Organisation
University of Cambridge
In Collaboration With
Police Care UK (formerly Police Dependants' Trust)
Principal Researcher
Dr Jessica K Miller
Level of Research
Professional / Work-based
Project Start Date
June 2017
Research Context
The project develops work undertaken by the University of Cambridge with the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS)- looking at job quality- and expands this into the area of contemporary policing, with a specific focus on trauma exposure and trauma management. The national study is the first to address the prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the UK police and Complex PTSD (CPTSD) in a professional population, using the new International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) from the ICD-11. The dataset provides insight into force-level access to treatment pathways and interventions and analysis will consider how experiences of trauma management influence perceptions of policing as 'decent work' in the current labour market.
Research Methodology
- Focus groups and two pilots informed the research design
- The survey was hosted online and was anonymous
- The survey engaged with 18175 respondents and provided a clean sample of 16875
- C-PTSD prevalence rates for UK policing plus EWCS job quality measures
- Force level reports available on request for those forces attaining n = 300+ during 2019
- Press Briefing May 2019
Interim reports and publications
Further information on The European Working Conditions Survey 2015 (EWCS) is available here.
A copy of the questionnaire is available on request.
Date due for completion
June 2020
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