Veterans
Framlingham Surgery is registered as a veteran friendly practice. Dr Wright and Dr Turner have undertaken the veteran friendly training.
The Armed Forces Covenant
This states that the Armed Forces community, including veterans, should face no disadvantage in accessing health services and should receive priority care for military attributable conditions, subject to clinical need.
- The Armed Forces community should enjoy the same standard of, and access to healthcare as that received by any other UK citizen in the area they live.
- Family members should retain their place on any NHS waiting list, if moved around the UK due to the service person being posted.
- Veterans should receive priority treatment for a condition which relates to their service, subject to clinical need.
- Those injured in service should be cared for in a way that reflects the nation's moral obligation to them, by healthcare professionals who understand the Armed Forces culture.
Services for Veterans
Op Courage: the Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service
This is the new over-arching name for the three NHS veterans’ mental health services (Veteran’s Mental Health Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service (TILS), Veteran’s Mental Health Complex Treatment Service (CTS) and Veteran’s Mental Health High Intensity Service (HIS).
Suffolk Veterans' Mental Health Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service (TILS)
The Royal British Legion has a Veterans' Mobility Fund, which provides specialist wheelchairs, orthotic equipment and other mobility related items for veterans who have a service related serious physical injury and whose needs cannot be met through statutory services. Eligibility for the fund requires the condition to be attributable to service and typically applicants will be in receipt of a War Pension or relevant award under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. To find out more, visit the British Legion website.
The Armed Forces Healthcare Navigator Service
The Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) provides emotional and practical support to the Armed Forces community.
Veterans' Gateway is for any ex-service personnel and their families looking for advice or support, 24 hours a day. It is the first point of contact across key areas from physical and mental health to employability, housing, finances, personal relationships and more. For more information, visit the Veterans' Gateway website or call 0808 802 1212.
Contact is a group of charitable, support and state organisations that have joined forces to enhance mental health support available to the Armed Forces community. The partnership consists of Big White Wall, Cobseo, Combat Stress, Help for Heroes, The Royal British Legion, Walking With The Wounded, the NHS, MOD, UK Psychological Trauma Society and King's College London. For more information, visit the Contact website.
Help for Heroes provides direct, practical support for wounded, injured and sick service personnel, Veterans and their families.
For further information, visit the Help for Heroes website.
They provide free specialised clinical treatment and support to ex-servicemen and women across the UK with mental health conditions. Visit the Combat Stress website.
ATS & WRAC Association Benevolent Fund
The ATS & WRAC Association Benevolent Fund awards one-off and recurring financial grants to purchase specific goods, services or facilities for eligible former servicewomen, or their dependents, in need. assistance needed. Please see ATS & WRAC Association Benevolent Fund website or contact 0300 400 1992 for more information.
