Welfare Partners
At the Police Treatment Centres, we are dedicated to providing exceptional care and rehabilitation services to the police workforce and retired officers, ensuring their wellbeing is prioritised throughout their recovery journey. Both our residential centres in Harrogate, North Yorkshire and Auchterarder, Scotland offer first class facilities designed to create a comfortable and supportive environment.
Both centres offer a calm and supportive environment, with a strong focus on rehabilitation, wellbeing, and holistic care. Whether you’re recovering from physical injury or require psychological wellbeing support, our dedicated teams at Harrogate and Auchterarder are here to provide personalised care, helping you regain strength, resilience, and tools for self-care.
Residential Physiotherapy
Our inpatient Physiotherapy Programme provides retired officers with access to a multidisciplinary team of experts, including physiotherapists, fitness instructors and registered nurses.
These specialists combine their diverse skills with police-specific knowledge to ensure our patients receive the best treatment possible during their time with us.
Tailored treatment plans
Following a thorough initial assessment, our physiotherapists and fitness instructors will work with you to agree on a tailored treatment plan. This might involve a combination of physiotherapy, pain relief techniques, structured exercise and education classes and access to our first-class rehabilitation facilities.
Rehabilitation facilities
During your stay you will encouraged, with guidance, to use all of the facilities on offer.
Facilities include:
- ● Rehab gym: to help accelerate your recovery
- ● Indoor cycling studio: for rebuilding strength and fitness
- ● Open plan physio suites: a comfortable, relaxing space for physiotherapy, with curtained clinical areas and private treatment spaces available
- ● Hydrotherapy pool: reduces stress on joints and improves range of motion with the benefit of heat
- ● Swimming pool
- ● Sauna and steam room
- ● Sports hall
- ● Mountain/electric bike hire
- ● Tennis courts and outdoor gym at St Andrews
- ● Education and exercise classes
We offer a wide range of classes led by our multidisciplinary team and specialist instructors. Classes will form part of your treatment plan and will take place in our sports hall, pools or workshop spaces.
Through a combination of specialised treatment plans, class leading facilities and high quality classes, we aim to educate you about your injury, illness or condition to reduce the negative symptoms and give you a plan to move forward and improve your prognosis.
Online Physiotherapy
At the Police Treatment Centres, we understand that life can be demanding, and accessing in-person physiotherapy isn’t always convenient. That’s why we offer a range of online physiotherapy services, allowing you to receive the expert care you need, no matter where you are.
Our online physiotherapy service provides you with access to the same high-quality care that you would receive at our centres. Through personalised virtual sessions, our experienced physiotherapists will work with you to manage your injury.
Online Women’s Health
Our Online Women’s Health Programme provides access to fitness, nutrition, women’s health physiotherapy and wellbeing advice from a multidisciplinary team of professionals with expertise in women’s health.
Those wishing to access the online service will receive an initial assessment with one of our women’s health trained fitness and physiotherapy professionals; followed by a detailed treatment plan including signposting to appropriate services or resources.
Retired Officer Wellbeing Programme (ROWP)
This seven day residential programme is available to retired police officers who have received a formal diagnosis of mild or moderate anxiety and depression.
Patients will spend Monday to Friday participating in group workshops and activities, with the option of low-impact exercise classes (e.g., tai chi and yoga). They will also have the opportunity to access advice from our fitness team.
The weekend will be spent relaxing and reflecting in the safe and supportive environment provided by our Centres.
Please note that the Retired Officer Wellbeing Programme runs on set dates throughout the year.
Eligibility
To apply to access our treatment programmes you must either be serving police workforce (police officer or police staff), or a retired officer and must be donating to the Charity.
Retired officers must have spent the majority of their police service (20 years) in one of the Police Treatment Centres constituent forces – please see the PTC website for more details – or since retiring have relocated to one of The Police Treatment Centres constituent force areas.
The Charity’s provision is intended to be by way of short intensive treatment with the aim of helping the individual to make progress in resolving, or alleviating a treatable condition. Applications for admission must be supported by evidence of a clinical need that can be addressed by the Clinical Teams at the PTCs with an achievable positive, measurable clinical outcome.
As a retired police officer your monthly donation is just £4.50 per month. Once you have been donating for 12 months you can apply to access our one week residential programmes or online treatment programmes.
Business & Breaks
In addition to our unique treatment packages, we offer the police family a number of high quality business and hospitality packages. Benefit from competitive rates while supporting our life-changing work.
Bed and Breakfast
We offer discounted accommodation for members of the Blue Light family looking to spend quality time away from the stresses of work and home. https://www.thepolicetreatmentcentres.org/business-and-breaks/bed-and-breakfast/