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Mental Health Care for Servicemen to be Offered Close to Patients Home or Unit

New Inpatient mental health care seeks to ensure 'treatment is offered close to the patient's home or parent unit'. These were the words of the new Under Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans Kevan Jones when he announced yesterday a new inpatient mental health care contract.

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Dedicated Military Ward to be Created at University Hospital Birmingham

The MOD have announced that plans are in place to create a dedicated ward for injured Service personnel at University Hospital Birmingham

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Government Publishes response to Report on Medical Care for the Armed Forces

The Government have today officially responded to the House of Commons Defence Committee's report on Medical Care for the Armed Forces has been published.

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Government Policy is to Improve Access to NHS Dentists

The Department of Health recognises that families of service personnel have been encountering difficulty in accessing NHS dental services and they acknowledge the complexity of reasons for this.

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Dental Facilities

If you are really struggling to find a NHS Dentist there are, in some areas, Dental Access Centres. The centres will not register patients, but anyone who is in need of dental treatment will be able to receive it. Dental access centres provide a complete range of NHS dental services including routine as well as urgent care.

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