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<p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to the health and wellbeing of our Armed Forces.
The Defence People Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022-27 promotes the importance of
health and wellbeing across Defence, adopting a holistic approach to mental health,
physical health, and social health. It directs a coordinated approach to promote,
prevent, detect and treat poor health and wellbeing early to enable optimal recovery.
It ensures that all our people will be in a state of positive physical, mental and
social health and wellbeing throughout their career.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of
Defence is also working to raise financial awareness among Service personnel; all
three Services provide links on their welfare sites to several financial advisory
sites including the Money and Pension Service (<a href="https://maps.org.uk/en" target="_blank">https://maps.org.uk/en#</a>)
and Joining Forces Credit Union (JFCU) (<a href="https://www.joiningforcescu.co.uk/"
target="_blank">https://www.joiningforcescu.co.uk/</a>). Service personnel are provided
with online and face to face briefings from the JFCU which aim to assist them, their
partners, families, and dependants, to be better equipped to manage their money and
financial affairs. Officers can also signpost their personnel to the JFCU which supplies
bespoke products to move Service personnel away from Payday Loan Companies. JFCU also
attend events on military bases and provide general financial advice to both existing
personnel and new recruits.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding advice on nutrition, the Defence
Nutrition Advisory Service (DNAS) provides evidence-based nutrition education and
training through career, starting in Initial Military Training. The DNAS also provides
over a hundred evidence-based factsheets and briefs within the themed areas of: Public
Health Nutrition, Sports and Exercise Nutrition Military Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition
and Nutrition for Health Professionals.</p>
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