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<p>The Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) mission is to provide sick and
injured Service personnel the rehabilitation they require to be able to return to
duty or transition back into civilian life, at which point the NHS becomes responsible
for their care.</p><p>The access policy at the new DMRC Stanford Hall remains unchanged
from that previously in place at DMRC Headley Court, in that there is no provision
generally for veterans to access the facility. We have, however, in collaboration
with the NHS, established a specialist clinic whereby NHS Limb Fitting Centres can
refer selected veterans (who are ex-DMRC patients) back to the DMRC for assistance
with the management of amputation-related complications.</p><p>This Complex Prosthetics
Assessment Clinic (CPAC) has also been used to identify suitable candidates (serving
and veterans) for the LIBOR-funded MOD/NHS osseointegration surgical pilot. After
surgery all these patients (including veterans) are rehabilitated at the DMRC. We
are also currently exploring options for a limited expansion of the CPAC eligibility
criteria to include those non-amputee patients that have been fitted with medical
devices such as offload braces.</p>
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