Veteran schemes for the devolved nations
Find out how to support veteran patients and their families in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Becoming a veteran friendly practice in Northern Ireland
This scheme is aimed at practices in England. We have given advice to the Veterans Commissioner’s Office in Northern Ireland.
Becoming a veteran friendly practice in Scotland
The training is available on TURAS Learn, and is free and accessible to anyone with a TURAS Learn account. If you do not have an account, you can register quickly and easily for a free account through the TURAS Learn homepage.
If you have any questions or feedback on the General Practice Armed Forces and Veterans' Recognition Scheme, please contact gp-afv@gov.scot.
Becoming a veteran friendly practice in Wales
This scheme is aimed at practices in England. However, NHS Wales have developed their own veteran friendly GP practice scheme, which you can sign up to via the NHS Wales website.
Maintaining accreditation when your practice merges with a non-accredited practice
If the veteran's clinical lead for the accredited practice remains employed by the merged practice, we can change the name of the practice on our records. If the merged practice is getting a new practice code, then a new application for accreditation may be necessary. Please email veterans@rcgp.org.uk to let us know when the practices will be merging and for more advice.
Can a PCN become accredited?
There are no plans to allow PCNs to accredit. We use the NHS England practice code system to validate applications and can only accept one application per practice code.
More information
Further information on NHS services for veterans can be found on the NHS website and NHS inform Scotland