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PE2032: Improve the support available to injured soldiers and veterans in Scotland

Petition Summary

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to improve the support provided by public bodies to injured soldiers and veterans in Scotland by:

• ensuring there are clear patient pathways for their injuries to be treated by appropriate consultants;
• establishing a veterans trauma network, similar to that which operates in England and Wales;
• ensuring all correspondence, raising concerns or making complaints about their treatment, from veterans to the Scottish Government, is acknowledged and responded to; and
• reviewing and seeking to update the way in which the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman handles complaints from veterans about health service.

Petitioner: James Brebner

Status: Under consideration

Date published: 20 June 2023

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