Journal article
London Fire Brigade's screen and treat approach to the Grenfell Tower incident
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Purpose
The purpose is to report on the mental health response to the Grenfell incident within the London Fire Brigade (LFB).
Design/methodology/approach
The LFB implemented screening for the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at 28 days, 3 months and 6 months for all personnel directly involved in the incident.
Findings
The prevalence of PTSD within frontline personnel was 13.4% at 28 days, falling to 7.6% at 6 months. The LFB's internal Counselling and Wellbeing Service offered treatment to those scoring above the cut-off for PTSD along with accepting self-referral and referrals from line managers and occupational health. There were 139 referrals within the 12-month period following the incident.
Research limitations/implications
The outcomes for those who engaged in treatment are broadly in line with other studies evaluating post-disaster interventions. Issues for consideration within national guidelines are discussed.
Practical implications
The screen and treat approach adopted by LFB was shown to be a feasible approach to use within such a scenario.
Originality/value
The current study reports on a screen and treat approach to one of the largest single incidents in the UK in recent years.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 187.3KB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1108/IJES-07-2020-0036
Authors
- Publisher:
- Emerald Publishing
- Journal:
- International Journal of Emergency Services More from this journal
- Volume:
- 11
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 38-47
- Publication date:
- 2021-08-03
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-07-12
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2047-0908
- ISSN:
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2047-0894
- Language:
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English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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1190591
- Local pid:
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pubs:1190591
- Deposit date:
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2023-02-17
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Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Emerald Publishing
- Copyright date:
- 2021
- Rights statement:
- ©2021 Emerald Publishing Limited. This author accepted manuscript is deposited under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC) licence. This means that anyone may distribute, adapt, and build upon the work for non-commercial purposes, subject to full attribution. If you wish to use this manuscript for commercial purposes, please contact [email protected]'
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from Emerald Publishing at: 10.1108/IJES-07-2020-0036
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