Whitehills Health and Community Care Centre
Lynda Kemp
Tel: 01307 475222 Email: lynda.kemp@nhs.net
Station Road , Forfar, Angus DD8 3DY
Many of us leave the Services with long-term injuries; mostly physical, but sometimes psychological. And the system in civilian life is much more complicated than turning up to sick parade and then doing as you are told. But while it often takes much longer than we have been used to, it doesn’t need to because the NHS has promised to fast-track Veterans with service-related conditions.
The first thing you will need to do when you leave the Services is find a GP; you will find most GPs in Scotland in this section. If you don't currently have a doctor, use the GP locator to find one in your area.
Apart from the NHS, there are many Veteran-focussed charities ready to help, so make use of them if you need to. You will find their details here too, so please explore this section; it has a lot to offer.
Under long-standing arrangements since 1953, war pensioners are given priority NHS treatment for the conditions for which they receive a war pension or gratuity, unless there is an emergency case or another case that demands clinical priority. These priority treatment provisions were then extended to all veterans who have a condition that is likely to be related to their service.
As a result, veterans should receive priority treatment for health problems as a result of service to their country, unless there is an emergency case or another case that demands clinical priority.
Veterans should not be given priority treatment for conditions unrelated to service in the armed forces.
Further information is available via the link Here
They have drop-in centres across Scotland. Find your nearest centre.
Phone: 0131 221 7090
Email: V1P.Scotland@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Phone: 0800 138 1619
Email: helpline@combatstress.org.uk
The National Prosthetics Service (NPS) is Scotland's centre for designing and fitting prosthetic (artificial) limbs. If you've lost a limb due to your service in the armed forces and were not fitted with a prosthetic at that time, you can discuss a referral to the NPS with your local GP.
Lynda Kemp
Tel: 01307 475222 Email: lynda.kemp@nhs.net
Station Road , Forfar, Angus DD8 3DY
Tel: 0141 5544536 Fax: 0141 5543979
13-15 Whitevale Street , Glasgow G31 1QS
Samantha Creamer – Practice Manager
Tel: 01382 508410 Fax: 01382 508410 Email: screamer@nhs.net
123 Whitfield Drive , Dundee DD4 6PX
Janice Bell – Practice Manager
Tel: 0198 8500218 Fax: 0198 8500737 Email: dumf-uhb.gpclin.y18127@nhs.net
3 St. John Street , Whithorn DG8 8PS
Whiting Bay Surgery , Montrose Terrace, Whiting Bay KA27 8QN
Tel: 0195 5605885 Fax: 019556 02434
Martha Terrace , Wick, Caithness KW1 5EL
Rosemary Cowan – Practice Manager
Tel: 0198 8402210 Fax: 0198 8403482 Email: dumf-uhb.gpclin.y18131@nhs.net
The Surgery , High Vennel, Wigtown DG8 9JQ
Jean P A Lyon B.A. FRSH, FIAV, FLIAV – Manager
Tel: 01786 812421 Email: info@williamsimpsonshome.co.UK-wide
Main Street , Old Plean, Stirling FK7 8BQ
The William Simpsons Home provides Residential Social Care for 44 men with Alcohol Related Brain Damage with underlying mental health illness; Respite Care for 6 Service Users of mixed gender as well as 12 day care places, seven days per week; and Vocational Training through our Approved Centre status for the delivery of S.V.Qs Levels 2,3,4 also A units and V units.