Mental Health Services: Veterans
(asked on 26th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health support for veterans.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Op COURAGE is the bespoke mental health pathway for veterans offering evidence-based treatment interventions, commissioned by NHS England. Monitoring and performance management of the system is for NHS England as commissioners of the service.
NHS England meets with the providers of Op COURAGE through the contract management route to discuss how the service is being delivered. This includes understanding how the service responds to the number of referrals it receives and a range of other quality measures, including service user feedback. As part of routine clinical practice, providers of Op COURAGE undertake pre and post treatment assessment at an individual patient level to ensure the effectiveness of treatment. The Department has made no additional assessment of the adequacy of mental health support for veterans.