Asked by: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to grant veterans access to Stanford Hall for rehabilitation purposes.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) mission is to provide sick and injured Service personnel the rehabilitation they require to be able to return to duty or transition back into civilian life, at which point the NHS becomes responsible for their care.
The access policy at the new DMRC Stanford Hall remains unchanged from that previously in place at DMRC Headley Court, in that there is no provision generally for veterans to access the facility. We have, however, in collaboration with the NHS, established a specialist clinic whereby NHS Limb Fitting Centres can refer selected veterans (who are ex-DMRC patients) back to the DMRC for assistance with the management of amputation-related complications.
This Complex Prosthetics Assessment Clinic (CPAC) has also been used to identify suitable candidates (serving and veterans) for the LIBOR-funded MOD/NHS osseointegration surgical pilot. After surgery all these patients (including veterans) are rehabilitated at the DMRC. We are also currently exploring options for a limited expansion of the CPAC eligibility criteria to include those non-amputee patients that have been fitted with medical devices such as offload braces.
Found: Veterans and Service personnel transitioning back into civilian life.
Jul. 13 2016
Source Page: Better care package for severely injured veteransFound: Better care package for severely injured veterans
Jul. 13 2016
Source Page: Better care package for severely injured veteransFound: Better care package for severely injured veterans
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1: Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (CON - Life peer) The Armed Forces Covenant is the Government’s commitment to service personnel, their families and veterans - Speech Link
Jul. 06 2016
Source Page: The Report of the Iraq InquiryFound: Headley Court also accepted direct admission from hospitals, and most combat casualties were referred
May. 08 2016
Source Page: Veterans get access to Headley CourtFound: Veterans get access to Headley Court
Dec. 02 2015
Source Page: Op Herrick (Afghanistan) very seriously injured and seriously injured tracking: 2014Found: Headley Court Prosthetics Database DMRC Headley Court Complex Trauma Database The Defence Patient
Dec. 02 2015
Source Page: Op Herrick (Afghanistan) very seriously injured and seriously injured tracking: 2014Found: Headley Court Prosthetics Database DMRC Headley Court Complex Trauma Database The Defence Patient Tracking
Feb. 19 2015
Source Page: UK defence statistics compendium: 2012Found: ) Headley Court.Amputations(Table3.12) ŒNumbersofUKServicepersonnelwhohavesustainedapartialorcompletelimb