Veterans: Health Services

Mary Creagh
22. To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent improvements have been made to health services for veterans.

Lyn Brown
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent progress has been made in improving health services for service veterans.

Derek Twigg
All veterans will benefit from the decision last November to extend priority health treatment to all veterans in Great Britain whose condition is considered by their GP to be due to service. The Department is also working with the four UK Health Departments and Combat Stress in piloting a new expert mental health care service for veterans in six NHS trusts across the UK. Following two years' evaluation, best practice will be identified and rolled out across the UK.