§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Gulf War veterans from the Twickenham constituency have been seen by the Gulf Veterans' Medical Assessment Programme; how many of these were assessed; how many were assessed as having a cancer; and if he will make a statement. [76929]
§ Dr. MoonieAs at 18 October 3,334 patients have attended the Gulf Veterans' Medical Assessment Programme (GVMAP), and of these, three Gulf veterans were recorded as living in the Twickenham constituency. None were assessed as having a cancer.
The clinical findings for 3,000 Service and ex-Service patients who attended the GVMAP in the period between 11 October 1993 and 18 June 2001 was published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine on 1 October 2002. The paper found that 75 per cent. of the 3,000 patients seen were well at the time of attendance. The authors found no unusual pattern of disease among patients attending over time.