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<p>With the introduction of the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP),
the electronic patient record system for the Armed Forces, the vast majority of personnel
who have left service since 2010 will have had a Ministry of Defence (MOD) digital
primary healthcare record. Conversely, those who left the Armed Forces prior to the
introduction of DMICP are likely to have a paper, rather than digital, record.</p><p>When
personnel leave the Armed Forces, their healthcare becomes the responsibility of the
NHS in the majority of cases. One to three months before discharge, Service personnel
are required to register with an NHS GP. The GP then requests the individual's service
medical records from the MOD. After the records are received, how they are held is
the responsibility of the NHS.</p>
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