Firefighters: Mental Health Support — [Sir Roger Gale in the Chair]

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 3:22 pm on 18 December 2018.

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Photo of Bill Grant Bill Grant Conservative, Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock 3:22, 18 December 2018

I thank the hon. Lady for her good work in cardiac services. That was in a controlled, measured environment, but the challenge for firefighters and ambulance personnel is that they operate in a quite unnatural environment, whether they are attending an accident at a farm or factory, or a car accident. They are exposed to the weather and elements, and there are other road users, and so on. That is an added dimension; it is not a controlled environment, although we would do our best to control it on arrival.