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Physical and mental health support for veterans.

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Physical and mental health support for our Armed Forces Community

Op RESTORE: The Veterans Physical Health and Wellbeing Service  (previously Veterans Trauma Network)

The Veterans Physical Health and Wellbeing Service is an NHS service providing specialist care and treatment to veterans who have physical health problems as a result of their time in the armed forces.

How Op RESTORE can support you

Op RESTORE can support you by:

  • providing personalised treatment within the NHS
  • treating you through military and civilian clinicians who understand the military environment and specialise in the type of physical health problems you have
  • helping families and carers of veterans with physical health problems access appropriate support services
  • working closely with many organisations, including GP surgeries, specialist NHS services, and military and non-military charities

Who Op RESTORE can help

Op RESTORE can support you:

  • if you have a physical health problem of any type or severity
  • if your physical health problem is a result of your time in service
  • if you live and are registered with a GP practice in England
  • no matter when your physical health problem first appeared
  • no matter when you left the armed forces

Accessing Op RESTORE

A GP can refer you to Op RESTORE by emailing [email protected].

You can be referred even if you were not medically discharged.

Op COURAGE: the Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service

Op COURAGE is an NHS mental health specialist service designed to help serving personnel due to leave the military, reservists, armed forces veterans and their families.

Op COURAGE website

Other support services

NHS England Healthcare for Armed Forces Veterans Gateway
Surf therapy for veterans

South Tees Armed Forces / Veterans Awareness Pack

An information pack for all inpatient areas which details the importance of asking: ‘‘Have you or anyone in your immediate family ever served in the Armed Forces?”

The pack shows how to add the Armed Forces (AF) flag on e-Camis/PSAG boards and sign posts to support networks that may aid discharge and the onward care of our veterans/ AF community.