Castle PartnershipWe are proud to be recently accredited as an Armed Forces Veteran Friendly GP Partnership and to support our veteran community this Remembrance Day.
As a Veteran Friendly GP Practice we:
- Have a clinical lead for veteran health who is supported by the whole practice to improve veteran health services;
- Ask patients ‘Have you served in the Armed Forces?’ to help identify veteran patients and code them on our system;
- Support veteran patients to access dedicated health services;
- Undertake regular training and development to meet the health commitments of the Armed Forces Covenant and better understand the needs of veteran patients;
If you’re a veteran patient, please let us know that you have served so that we can make sure that we understand your health needs. We have a suite of resource and support available that we are updating frequently on our Wellbeing page.
This Friday we will ask all our staff, where possible, to observe a 2 minute silence at 11 am to remember those who have given their lives in service to their country. Staff who are not able to observe the silence due to seeing or serving Patients will reflect in their own, personal way.