NHS enlists expert war trauma doctors
EDDIE BARNES
POLITICAL EDITOR (ebarnes@scotlandonsunday.com)
MILITARY doctors will work within the NHS to stop the scandal of war heroes being left to cope on their own with crushing mental health illnesses.
The groundbreaking move by the Ministry of Defence is a major victory for campaigners after doctors slammed the treatment being meted out to ex-soldiers, claiming they were being were being dealt with in the same way as "a postman or a painter".
A treatment scheme will be piloted in Edinburgh under which military psychiatrists will be brought into hospital to ensure the trauma suffered by ex-servicemen is dealt with properly.
Veterans minister Derek Twigg told Scotland on Sunday that he had reached a deal with the Scottish Government to fund the new unit which will be open to all veterans needing help.
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