Question follow-through · 44953

Veterans: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for the Defence Medical Service to release veterans’ medical records to their GP.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 8 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 22 Apr 2025
Answer: 28 Apr 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Votes on this topic

Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline

8 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for the Defence Medical Service to release veterans’ medical records to their GP.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
When an individual leaves the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises the importance of facilitating the transfer of healthcare information to their civilian healthcare provider(s). On leaving Defence Medical Services (DMS) care, Service pe...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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