F> Subject: Support our Wounded Soldiers
For what it's worth people, every vote could count.
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> With the growing numbers of wounded personnel repatriated to the UK and with continued growth in medically discharged personnel since the Falklands war to current conflicts and operations, our service men & women and veterans of previous operational service are owed the best medical care possible. The existing facilities are falling short and the NHS are not meeting the needs of veterans who still need treatment for their service related conditions. A dedicated Military & Veterans Hospital will greatly help resolve this National scandal since the complete closure of our military hospitals that has proved to be total folly.
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> By way of example, 2 Para alone have on this tour sent back over fifty casualties to the UK, yet many cannot be accommodated in the single ward at Selly Oak Hospital that represents our entire dedicated military medical facilities. When the casualties from other battle groups are added to the figure, how is one ward in an NHS hospital going to cope? Of course it doesn't, and can't, and what happens is that injured troops in need of specialist care amongst their own comrades are sent home and have to rely on over-stretched local civilian NHS facilities.
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> Rather cynically, Downing Street has put a time limit of one month for this petition - please spread the word and embarass this awful government.
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http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Wounded/ >
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