Dr. Paul Hughes, National Medical Director and Royal Navy Veteran, said:
“We are honoured to support the veteran community and are committed to ensuring they receive the care, respect, and understanding they deserve. Becoming a Veterans Accredited GP Practice reflects our dedication to offering informed, sensitive, and tailored healthcare for those who have served.”
By holding this accreditation, our practices ensure that colleagues are trained to identify veteran patients, understand their unique experiences, and refer them to appropriate veteran-specific services when needed.
This initiative strengthens the NHS’s pledge to uphold the Armed Forces Covenant, ensuring that veterans face no disadvantage in accessing healthcare and that special consideration is given to those who have sacrificed the most.
Veterans registered with the practice are encouraged to inform their GP of their service history and benefit from the additional support available to them.
You can read more about VE80, here.
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Our clinical model of localised delivery allows services to concentrate on local health needs, priorities and connections - whilst benefitting from the regional and centralised support that scale provides.
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