Whitby Health Partnership are proud to be a registered Armed Forces veteran friendly accredited GP Practice.
Meet Lauren, our Veteran champion in the practice. Lauren will be reaching out to everyone registered as a veteran with our practice on a regular basis. She is available if you have any questions or concerns you would like to discuss.
Healthcare for the armed forces community – NHS
Veterans UK – to seek information on claiming AFCS, Armed Forces Independence Payment, Medical Discharges and Pension Forecast Requests
Forces line telephone helpline: 0800 7314880 (Monday – Friday 10:30 – 19:30) or email. For serving personnel, former members of the Armed Forces and their families.
Shout – a crisis text support service for people in the military community who are struggling and need immediate support to get through a crisis. Text CONTACT to 85258.
Samaritans freephone 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org – to access confidential emotional support for feelings of distress, despair or suicide thoughts
Veterans in mind
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provide mental health services for military veterans in Cheshire and Merseyside (excluding Liverpool). The service support veterans by delivering specialist high quality care with a focus on improving psychological wellbeing, increasing social networks and long- term recovery. We work in partnership with Britain’s leading mental health charity, Combat Stress to deliver this service, ensuring effective clinical treatment and welfare support to veterans who suffer from ongoing psychological issues, resulting from their time as a serving Armed Forces member.
The Trust and Combat Stress have a long working relationship and together provide highly skilled staff with the right expertise to work effectively with military veterans, who are experiencing psychological related problems as a result of their military service, these include depression, anxiety, substance misuse, trauma, adjustment disorders and problems relating to personality disorder.
In addition to the clinical services, we provide the necessary links to support veterans and their families with housing, financial and social needs.
Watch our Military Veterans Service Video here: https://youtu.be/kGJO0dGUTKE or our service user video here: https://youtu.be/xVJsb9rCAxs.