Petition to bring back dedicated military hospitals and provide adequate facilities for members of the Armed Forces who are injured or disabled in the course of their duties

[wabbit]

I received this from a friend on active duty.

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Please take one or two minutes to fill out the Downing Street Petition on behalf of our injured soldiers, bearing in mind we all know what the damage of war can do.

Our comrades are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with horrific injuries to a health care situation that is a joke.

With our troops being deployed in greater numbers we must go back to the dedicated care that they fully deserve - so please lend your support to the petition to the Prime Minister on the Downing Street Petition Web Site. The petition is:

'We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to bring back dedicated Military Hospitals to provide adequate facilities (non NHS) for members of the Armed Forces who are injured or disabled in the course of their duties.'

Petition link

Thank you very much.

Have signed, as an ex forces family I know what a crap end of the stick they get

I've signed too, Wabbit. It makes my blood boil.

Well done for bringing this up.

signed - bump

I know there's a few military family members post on here, so I thought might generate some interest. Please pass it on.

No no no! OMG I can't beleive this is going round. Dh is a Dr in the armed forces and I used to be a military nurse and we certainly will not be signing this petition. I do not beeive this is the way to go. We need to provide the current MDHU's with more resources and funding not open military hospitals - but that's just my opinion.

I'm with McDreamy I'm afraid

I can't believe that military hospitals is the way to go

Sorry I didn't mean to pounce on this quite like I did , knee jerk reaction. I apologise, obviously some people including soldiers out there feel this is the way to go but as someone who has served in the medical branch of the Armed forces and the NHS I really don't believe this is the best way to offer the best care for the men and women of our Armed Forces.

as someone who works in the NHS, I would say fine, as long as it comes out of the Military budget, and doesn't take money away from the NHS!

The NHS get the military doctors and nurses for free! And they get extra money when personnel are called away on deployment courses etc

why not automatically pay for them to become members of bupa!! most companies offer medical insurance why not the forces.

why do we need speicfic military hospitals?

because Dogsby injured members of the armed forces who are serving their country have to join the end of the queue at the nhs . they perhaps need counselling God know what they need. IT is appalling they are away from their family and friend and most likely don't want to be seperated from their loved ones. then God forbide they are injured and come home to no specialist care from the government that sent them their for their cause in the first place.

There's no money to become members of BUPA, it would cost a fortune but it's a nice idea.

Also the military have there own medical personnel so in a way it would be a waste of money to pay for more medical services.

There's nothing wrong with the NHS hospitals that a bit more resources couldn't sort out.

risk you take when the average squaddie get paid well oevr the odds and gets subsidied hosuing?

dogby

infact dogsby take a long walk on a short pier anyone you like!! and tried so hard not to bit

well they do fgs
undeducated squaddies are oevr paid becasue of htis.

but why is it appalling they are away from their family?

they are probalbly pleased.

The "average" squaddie is not on a great wage. Not that wages have anything to do with this discussion.

COURSE THEY DO
ADN YES HTEY ARE

I KNOW.

ofcourse they have to be away from their families pointydog but what is appalling is if they are injured they have no military hospital to come home to /or specialist care!!

no empathy from you then dogsby well you're entitled to your ignorant view.

have a nice evening and bank holiday with your loved ones

What can I say - you have all the answers!