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<p>Defence Statistics publishes annual reports on mental health in the UK Armed Forces.
The most recent of these shows that, in the financial year 2017-18, 299 UK Armed Forces
personnel had an initial assessment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder at a Ministry
of Defence (MOD) Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH). This represents 0.2%
of the total Armed Forces population, or 2 in 1,000 personnel.</p><p>Neither the Ministry
of Defence nor the Department of Health hold equivalent verified data on the number
of former Service personnel who were diagnosed with a mental disorder (including PTSD)
after leaving service. However, the Government is committed to ensuring that ex-Service
personnel receive effective care and treatment through the NHS, and in his Budget
on 29 October the Chancellor announced an additional £10 million to support veterans'
mental health projects. The £10 million will be distributed to projects throughout
the UK by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust under an open application programme
to be called the Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund.</p>
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