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Make medical/ psychological support accessible for veterans in the UK a priority

Submitted on Saturday 24th February 2018

Published on Friday 2nd March 2018

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 2nd September 2018

Signatures: 88

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Make medical/ psychological support accessible for veterans in the UK a priority

Petition Details

Services currently provided for ex service personnel with PTSD does not meet their psychological needs leading to increased distress family breadowns and higher suicides

Additional Information

Many of our service and veteran personnel suffer with crippling psychological damage often alone with their families trying to pick up the pieces alone. If we truly value the sacrifices our troops made for our country then we need to be prepared to provide the psychological support and welfare they need to recover. Practitioners with experience and knowledge of PTSD linked to service rather than generalists who have no experience of combat stress.This has to be a priority of a civilised society


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