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Mental Health Services: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that veterans in rural areas have access to mental health support services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
17 Jan 2025
Answer
23 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that veterans in rural areas have access to mental health support services.

  2. 17 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    NHS England commissions Op COURAGE, the integrated mental health and wellbeing service for veterans. Veterans can self-refer to Op COURAGE. The service has been designed to support veterans from all areas, including rural areas, and is delivered from a ra...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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