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A group of 75 NHS providers have been accredited as exemplars of the best care for veterans, helping to drive improvements in NHS care for people who serve or have served in the UK armed forces and their families.
Veteran Aware trusts are leading the way in improving veterans’ care within the NHS, as part of the Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA).
Veteran Aware providers will:
- provide leaflets and posters to veterans and their families explaining what to expect
- train relevant staff to be aware of veterans’ needs and the commitments of the NHS under the Armed Forces Covenant
- inform staff if a veteran or their GP has told the hospital they have served in the armed forces
- ensure that members of the armed forces community do not face disadvantage compared to other citizens when accessing NHS services
- signpost to extra services that might be provided to the armed forces community by a charity or service organisation in the trust
- look into what services are available in their locality, which patients would benefit from being referred to
The 75 NHS trusts that have been accredited as ‘Veteran Aware’ are as follows:
- Royal Edinburgh Hospitals, NHS Lothian
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Norfolk and Norwich NHS Foundation Trust
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
- Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
- Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- United Lincolnshire Hospitals
- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
- Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust
- Hull University Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
- Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
- South West Yorkshire Partnership
- North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- North West Ambulance Service
- Tameside and Glossop
- Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Surrey and Borders
- University Southampton
- Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- North Bristol NHS Trust
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Weston Area Health NHS Trust
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
- West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS foundation Trust
- East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospital of North Midlands
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Surrey Hospital NHS Foundation Trust