Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides to veterans who have lost one or more limb during their service.

In England veterans are able to access high quality clinically appropriate prosthetic limbs from the National Health Service either through local disablement services, or through one of the nine centres that have been selected to provide enhanced services for veterans. The veterans’ prosthetic panel continues to support these veterans, ensuring they receive the latest specification prosthetics. Health is a devolved issue however if a service is provided by the Ministry of Defence it will be available to all veterans across the United Kingdom and veterans with complex needs can be referred to the new Veterans Complex Prosthetic Assessment Clinic provided by the Ministry of Defence at Headley Court.