To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve knowledge and awareness among NHS staff on how to deliver the NHS Constitution's commitment on priority treatment for armed forces veterans.
Answered on
4 November 2016
NHS England has a specific payment framework in place to encourage care providers to raise staff awareness and training on priority treatment for armed forces veterans and this framework forms part of the 2016/17 contract held with all providers.
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Department of Health and Social Care
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