From The Sunday Times
January 24, 2010
All service veterans to get right to jump NHS queues
Marie Woolf, Whitehall Editor
BRITAINâS 5m service veterans, from survivors of the second world war to those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, are to be promised priority healthcare on the NHS for the rest of their lives.
Under a Labour plan announced this weekend, all veterans, regardless of their rank or whether they saw active service, will be entitled to be put at the top of doctorsâ and hospitalsâ waiting lists.
They will be allowed to queue-jump for any treatment, ranging from a common ailment to a serious condition â regardless of whether it was caused by military service.
Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts will be the first to have their NHS files flagged, before the scheme is extended to veterans of Northern Ireland, the Falklands and earlier conflicts.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6999967.ece
January 24, 2010
All service veterans to get right to jump NHS queues
Marie Woolf, Whitehall Editor
BRITAINâS 5m service veterans, from survivors of the second world war to those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, are to be promised priority healthcare on the NHS for the rest of their lives.
Under a Labour plan announced this weekend, all veterans, regardless of their rank or whether they saw active service, will be entitled to be put at the top of doctorsâ and hospitalsâ waiting lists.
They will be allowed to queue-jump for any treatment, ranging from a common ailment to a serious condition â regardless of whether it was caused by military service.
Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts will be the first to have their NHS files flagged, before the scheme is extended to veterans of Northern Ireland, the Falklands and earlier conflicts.
More
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6999967.ece