health care
how many veteran armed forces personell are aware of a covernant made between the M.O.D. and the N.H.S. that gtves prioriity to service veterans for health care from the N.H.S.???
Originally Posted by Rodney Hogan
Hello Rodney - I have only just caught up with your thread. I was not aware of such a Covenant and it doesn't seem that anyone else is as no one else has responded. How is one supposed to flag this up in any medical situation? I can almost see a shrug of the shoulders and/or a blank look of total disbelief. Would it, for instance, get a priority appointment with a GP? Knowledge of such a Covenant could simply be denied on the grounds that no one had actually been informed of it in the first place. Do you have any more information? Thanks, Kim.ps - of course it could just apply to hospital in-patient treatment.
Originally Posted by Rodney Hogan
Well Rodney. It sounds like the sort of stunt the MOD would have tried to pull when the last of the Services hospitals were closed... But don't hold your breath.Cheers, Syd.
I am aware but it fails to work.I think the NHS need to be made aware.
Originally Posted by Brian Gough
Good thought Brian but has anyone been given the responsibility of making the NHS aware?? Doubt it very much !!
We all know that the so-called civil servants at the MOD are nothing short of a bob or two. There was a covenant that all ex-service, were entitled to health care at service hospitals. I am unsure if this still is the case, but worth testing the water with Birmingham set up, supposed to have two wards at the Queen Elizabeth hospital,also the same set up in Surrey, All a bloody big farce, MOD really do not give a damn, that is why there are so many ex-service people not being treated properly There is still a need for service hospitals today, not as many as we had, but still a call for them, but as I said there are muppets within the MOD, it is all about money money money.