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David Botti
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Nov 27, 2007 12:11 PM
As the U.S. follows problems surrounding the care of American Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, recent news from the United Kingdom shows the British are facing similar issues. According to reports the British National Health Service (NHS) is opening six dedicated mental health units throughout U.K. hospitals. Injured veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan will also receive "fast-track" treatment throughout the NHS, a policy previously reserved for the country's 170,000 war pensioners.
According to the BBC:
The move to prioritise military personnel comes after soldiers and their families complained they were having trouble accessing quality care upon returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Seven of the eight military hospitals around the UK have closed since a Conservative government review in the early 1990s and the last in Haslar, Hampshire, will shut in 2009. Calls for more military hospitals to be created were rejected by this government, which argued that "top-quality treatment" was available within the NHS.
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