The Filey Surgery is proud to have achieved the Armed Forces Veteran Friendly Practice Accreditation. Please inform a member of the reception team if you are a veteran so we can add this to your medical record. This helps your GP to better understand any military related health conditions that you may have. It also ensures that you are referred, where appropriate, to dedicated health and wellbeing services for veterans.
Veteran ID card
An HM Armed Forces Veteran Card is a way for patients to prove that they have served in the UK Armed Forces. The card can make it quicker and easier to access support and veterans’ services, and it’s free to apply. See HM Armed Forces Veteran Card: Overview – GOV.UK to get more information on what you can do with a card, how to apply and also how to obtain a digital version of your Veteran card.
What dedicated services and support are available to veterans?
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.
How Op COURAGE can help
Op COURAGE can help you and your family with a range of support and treatment, including:
helping you transition from military to civilian life by providing mental health care with Defence Medical Services (DMS)
Helping you recognise and treat early signs of mental health problems, as well as more advanced mental health conditions and psychological trauma
Providing support and treatment for substance misuse and addictions
Helping you to access other NHS mental health services if you need them, such as finding an NHS talking therapies service and eating disorder services
liaising with charities and local organisations to support your wider health and wellbeing needs, such as help with housing, relationships, finances and employment
supporting armed forces families affected by mental health problems, including helping them to access local services
Op RESTORE: The Veterans Physical Health and Wellbeing Service
Op RESTORE: 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. A GP can refer you to Op RESTORE.
You can be referred even if you were not medically discharged.
Help for Heroes
Help for Heroes provides direct, practical support for wounded, injured and sick service personnel, veterans and their loved ones from any conflict. They have four recovery centres in the UK offering medical care, guidance, support and advice. Patients can self-refer or be referred by a professional. Once referred, an initial assessment will take place within one to two weeks and there is no waiting list for treatment.
Royal British Legion
RBL can offer members of the Armed Forces community robust support with physical recovery, rehabilitation, mental health, money, debt, camaraderie, housing, employment and tribunal representation.