Mental Health Services: Veterans
(asked on 13th July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support for or veterans who show symptoms of PTSD (a) two, (b) five and (c) seven years after they left the Armed Forces.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
In April 2023, NHS England re-launched an integrated Op Courage service which brings together the current bespoke and separate strands into a single integrated veterans’ mental health service. This new service will make it easier for veterans to access the support they need and reduce the need for cross-referrals between services within Op Courage.
NHS England will continue to evaluate the service to ensure it meets the needs of service users as part of good and standard practice.