
We are an Armed Forces veteran friendly accredited GP practice. This means we have a dedicated clinician who has a specialist knowledge of service related health conditions and veteran specific health services. This is important in helping Veterans to get the best care and treatment.
If you have served in the UK Armed Forces, please let your health professional know to help ensure you are getting the best possible care.
Top tips to get most from your GP if you are veteran
Helpful websites for military veterans
- Mental health support for veterans, service leavers and reservists – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Defence and armed forces: Support services for veterans and their families – detailed information – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
National organisations
Combat Stress
- For serving personnel, veterans and armed forces families.
- The charity Combat Stress provides self help advice on their website. They offer mental health helplines for 24/7 confidential advice and support
- Combat Stress website
- Veterans and their families helpline: 0800 138 1619
- Serving personnel and their families helpline: 0800 323 4444
- You can also text on 07537173683 and email helpline@combatstress.org.uk
Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS)
- For serving personnel, veterans and armed forces families.
- Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) provides practical and emotional support to military personnel, veterans, their families and other entitled civilians when they’re in hospital, rehabilitation or recovery centres.
- The Defence Medical Welfare Service website
Help for Heroes
- For wounded, injured and sick serving personnel and veterans, and their families.
- The Help for Heroes charity provides physical, psychological, financial and welfare support to wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans, and their families. Contact Help for Heroes through their website to see how they can support you.
- Help for Heroes website
Royal British Legion
- For serving personnel, veterans and armed forces families.
- The Royal British Legion gives advice and support on wellbeing on their website and through their community branches. For additional advice and support, the Royal British Legion also have an online chat and helpline that is open 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week.
- The Royal British Legion Website
- Helpline: 0808 802 8080
Service Families Federations
- For serving personnel and their families.
- The 3 Service Families Federation offer independent and confidential advice on a range of issues for all service families.
- Website for Army Families
- Website for Naval Families
- Website for Royal Air Force Families
SSAFA
- For serving personnel, veterans and armed forces families.
- SSAFA provides lifelong emotional and practical support. To get support, call their helpline or use their online chat Monday to Friday, 9 to 5.30pm.
- SSAFA website
- Helpline: 0800 260 6767
STOLL
- For veterans who struggle to live independently.
- Provides housing and support services to help veterans live independently.
- The STOLL Website
Togetherall
- For serving personnel, reservists, veterans and armed forces families.
- Togetherall is a mental health support service that provides anonymous, round-the-clock online support, with trained counsellors available at all times. There’s a supportive community and lots of free resources that all armed forces personnel, reservists, veterans and their families can use at any time.
- Togetherall website
Veterans Gateway
- For veterans and their families.
- Veterans Gateway provides wellbeing support and advice on their website and with their 24/7 Live Chat, text messaging and helpline.
- The Veterans Gateway website
- Helpline: 08088021212
- Text chat: 81212
- The Veterans Gateway live chat
Walking with the Wounded
- For veterans and their families.
- Walking with the Wounded offers support services for a range of issues, such as mental health, employment, criminal justice and addiction. Their website offers information on how to be referred to their services
- Walking with the Wounded website
Armed forces charities for people with specific healthcare conditions
Blesma
- For veterans who have experienced life-changing limb loss, lost the use of a limb, or lost sight during service, as well as their families.
- Blesma, The Limbless Veterans, offers advice and support through their local support officers. Blesma also provides financial assistance to help with the additional costs of disability.
- Blesma website
- Blesma phone number: 020 8590 1124
Blind Veterans
- For veterans who have experienced sight loss and their families.
- Blind Veterans offers community groups, rehabilitation and support with care as well as advice on their website.
- Blind Veterans website
- Phone number: 0800 389 7979
Women’s armed forces charities
- Salute Her UK
- For women veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma and their families.
- Salute Her UK provides a support service which offers mental health therapy and interventions for women survivors of military sexual trauma in a single sex environment.
- Salute Her UK website
LGBT+ armed forces charities
- Fighting with pride
- For LGBT+ serving personnel, veterans and their families.
- Fighting with Pride advise on how to get help and provide information for LGBT+ members of the armed forces community.
- Fighting with Pride website
Addiction charities
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
- AA is a free self-help network. Its “12-step” programme involves getting sober with the help of regular support groups. AA believes people with drink problems need to give up alcohol permanently.
- Alcoholics Anonymous website
SMART Recovery
- SMART Recovery runs a network of self-help and mutual aid meetings where participants help themselves and fellow members with recovery from any kind of addictive behaviour.
- SMART Recovery website
More in Healthcare for the armed forces community
- Mental health support
- Veterans, service leavers, and non-mobilised reservists
- Information and support for families
- A guide to NHS services
Charities and support groups