Armed Forces – Veterans
Our practice Armed Forces Champion is:
Carol Smith (Office Manager) and Dr A C Cooke
Our Armed Forces Champion will offer advice and support and will be able to signpost our Military community to the services they may require.
Please let the practice know if you have served in the Armed Forces as a Regular, Reservist or Adult Volunteer Cadet. We have a pack that you can collect from our reception.
The practice works with Sunderland CCG Armed Forces Leads and Veterans in Crisis Sunderland to ensure those who have served or currently serving in the Military have access to information across the city on services and support that is available.
The following websites may provide useful information for ex-service personnel, serving personnel and their families:
- Big White Wall. View website
- Reserve Forces Act 1996. View website
- Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen Families Association (SSAFA Forces Help). View website
- The Royal British Legion. View website
- British Army. Welfare and support. View website
- Veterans UK. View website
- NHS Choices, Veterans: mental health. View website
- Combat Stress 24-hour helpline. View website
- Reserves Mental Health Programme. View website
- Military of Defence – Legacy health. View website
- King’s Centre for Military Health Research publications. View website
- Armed Forces Covenant Reports. View website
- Army Families Federation. View website
- Confederation of Service Charities (COBSEO). View website
- Home Start. View website
- Naval Families Federations. View website
- NHS Choices Armed Forces Health page. View website
- NHS England Armed Forces Commissioning. View website
- RAF Families Federation. View website
- Supporting the health and wellbeing of Military families. View website
- The Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS). View website
- The Royal British Legion. View website
- Phantom limb pain Nikolajsen L and T. S. Jensen Br J Anaesth 2001; 87: 107–116
- British Limbless Ex-Service Men’s Association. View website
- British Nuclear Test veterans Association View website
- UK Armed Forces Families Strategy. View document
- Information for the care of serving personnel – View website
- UK Armed Forces Families Strategy. View document
- Action for hearing loss View website
- Armed Forces Covenant Reports View website, View website
- Armed Forces Networks View website
- Combat stress. View website
- Dementia UK. View website
- Domestic Abuse Guidance and Support for the Armed Forces Community. View website
- Families of Injured Service Personnel (FIS). View website
- Forces In Mind Trust (FiMT) reports: View document View document
- Help for Heroes. View website
- Help for heroes – Hidden wounds. View website
- Help for heroes – Band of sisters. View website
- Lip reading and managing hearing loss. View website
- Lord Ashcroft’s Transition Review View document
- Lost Voices. View document
- MHFA Instructor training. View website
- NHS Choices. View website
- View website
- Service charities –many are listed in the COBSEO directory. View website
- The Ripple Pond. View website
- The Royal British Legion – compensation for hearing loss. View website
- The Royal British Legion – dementia care. View website
- Veterans Outreach Service. View website
- Veterans and Reserves Mental Health Programme (VRMHP). View website
- Veterans UK. View website
- Veterans’ Welfare Service.View website
- Young Minds. View website