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<p>This Government wants to continue to support veterans and to do more, which is
why on 14 November 2018 we published the Strategy for our Veterans (Cm 9726) and supporting
UK Government Consultation Paper (Cm 9727) that outlines what we aim to do and consults
on how we will achieve it. The full documents can be found at the following link:</p><p><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategy-for-our-veterans.
</strong></p><p> </p><p>By 2028 we will be doing more to ensure that each veteran
is valued, contributing and supported. One of our aims is that all veterans enjoy
a state of positive physical and mental health and wellbeing, enabling them to contribute
to wider aspects of society. In order to achieve this outcome, we will focus our efforts
on enabling consistency of medical outcomes for veterans, through a smooth transition
of provision from in-Service to post-Service and sharing effective practices amongst
clinical and healthcare communities; providing bespoke treatment for those veterans
who have bespoke needs because of their service, and targeting any identified health
and wellbeing needs of veterans in comparison to the general population.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Veterans’ health is broadly aligned with that of the rest of the general
population and most veterans’ health requirements are sufficiently met by existing
NHS provision. However, several tailored initiatives are already in place to cater
for specific veteran needs, including priority access to NHS secondary care in England,
Scotland and Wales for Service related conditions, subject to the clinical need of
all patients. Further work is also ongoing to increase awareness of the Armed Forces
Covenant within the NHS, such as the Royal College of General Practitioners Accreditation
programme (over 90 GP practices in the pilot area of the West Midlands) and Veterans
Covenant Hospital Alliance, improved e-learning packages and the inclusion of the
Covenant as part of the curriculum for all GPs nationally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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