A question on #Veterans #MedicalRecords tabled by Dame Caroline Dinenage on 08-04-2025 has been answered by Al Carns.

Heading: Veterans: Medical Records
Question ID: 1793417
UIN: 44952
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-08
Asking Member ID: 4008
Asking Member display name: Dame Caroline Dinenage
Asking Member handle: cj_dinenage
Asking Member Twitter reference: @cj_dinenage
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken is for the Defence Medical Service to release a veteran’s medical record post discharge from the Armed Services.
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Date answered: 2025-04-28
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 5235
Answering Member display name: Al Carns
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Al Carns
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Answer text: When an individual leaves the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises the importance of facilitating the transfer of healthcare information to their civilian healthcare provider(s). On leaving Defence Medical Services (DMS) care, Service pe...
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Answering body ID: 11
Answering body name: Ministry of Defence
Tweeted: true