To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how NHS England ensures that every GP practice uses patient medical record codes to identify veteran status; and if he will make a statement.
Answered on
4 November 2016
NHS England promotes the use of the recently updated veteran specific patient medical record codes via the established Armed Forces Networks and events, the Royal College of General Practitioners Annual Conference, through NHS England primary care bulletins and professional medical journals.
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Department of Health and Social Care
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