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PE2032: Improve the support available to injured soldiers and veterans in Scotland

Petition Summary

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to improve the support provided by public bodies to injured soldiers and veterans in Scotland by:

ensuring there are clear patient pathways for their injuries to be treated by appropriate consultants;
establishing a veterans trauma network, similar to that which operates in England and Wales;
ensuring all correspondence, raising concerns or making complaints about their treatment, from veterans to the Scottish Government, is acknowledged and responded to; and
reviewing and seeking to update the way in which the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman handles complaints from veterans about health service.

Petitioner: James Brebner

Status: Closed

Date published: 20 June 2023

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SPICe Briefing (138KB, pdf) (138KB, pdf) posted 04 September 2023

Committee Meetings

4 October 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament Cross-Party Group on Armed Forces and Veterans Community, the Armed Forces Personnel and Veterans Joint Group, Veterans Scotland, the Armed Forces Charity SSAFA, and the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.

Official Report of Meeting 04 October 2023

12 June 2024: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders. In closing the petition, the Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Veterans.

Official Report of Meeting 12 June 2024