§ 26. Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the deployment of defence medical services in the Gulf. [36282]
§ Dr. ReidRegular Defence Medical Services (DMS) personnel are serving afloat in RN ships deployed to the Gulf Region and ashore in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. In addition, regular DMS personnel are deployed to the Gulf Region on a temporary or intermittent basis for particular tasks as necessary. A 25 bed hospital in the UK is at a five days readiness to deploy.