NHS care of military veterans criticised

The outgoing chief executive of the charity Combat Stress, Commodore Toby Elliott, has ctiticised the care given to veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq who are suffering mental health problems, particularly post traumatic stress disorder. The charity which treats veterans with psychological problems has 300 former personnel under its care at the present time. Commodore Elliot stated that the NHS provides care for less than half the 9000 patients registered with the charity and that the six pilot NHS schemes were inadequate.

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