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Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid
Pete, the thing that gets me is that the MOD won't assist vets after service if their PTSD wasn't diagnosed inservice. But sometimes PTSD doesn't rear it's ugly head until they are discharged. '
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Agreed, but were do you draw the line? I think you will find its all about money and polictics between Gov departments at ministerial level and who pays for what. The loss of our dedicated military hospitals hasn't helped, Wroughton nr Swindon, Woolwich, Haslar to name just a few, but the services are far smaller than they were 30 years ago. It does make sense to use existing NHS facilities and develop them. Interestingly service nurses are now deployed in civilian hospitals.
I have Crohns which developed whilst I was serving (22 years). Now the occasional treatment is via the NHS. 10 years after I finished in the Army why should they still be responsible for me and wouldn't this just duplicate what the NHS is supposed to provide and for me, does.
Annual turnover in the Army is probably a ball park figure of 5000 a year. As I said earlier the number of people who fall through the gap is thankfully very small. It's not perfect, but for the price meets the needs of the vast majority.
Pete