MAPPG Armed forces and bluelight Services

The Mindfulness All Party Parliamentary Group hearing on the Armed Forces, Policing and Emergency Services took place in the House of Commons, Westminster, London on 25th October 2018. A panel of expert speakers from the UK and USA gave talks on the latest research and implementation of workplace mindfulness training programmes in the context of high-stress or trauma-prevalent public service.

The meeting was chaired by the Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne MP and Clive Lewis MP, themselves mindfulness practitioners with a background of military service. Other speakers included Chief Constable Bill Skelly, Sir Tim Boughton, Dr Amishi Jha, Dr Jutta Tobias Mortlock, and Detective Inspector Jenni McIntyre-Smith.

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