PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Health Services: Veterans (18 November 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of NHS care for veterans.
Asked by:
Karl Turner (Labour)
Asked by:
Karl Turner (Labour)
Answer
The vast majority of Service leavers are fit and well, and no individual injured in the course of their duty leaves the Armed Forces until it is the right thing for them, however long that takes.
Veterans with health concerns enjoy the same excellent standard of healthcare from the NHS as other UK citizens, and in line with the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, receive priority treatment for conditions resulting from service, subject to the clinical needs of others.
Answered by:
Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change)
24 November 2014
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