We are delighted to offer this opportunity free for members of the College as part of the Rejuvenate. Thrive. Breathe. (RTB) Paramedic Wellness Programme.
Veterans Mental Health: Referrals and Pathways for Community and Out-of-Hospital Clinicians
Thursday 5th June 2025 12:00-13:00
Via Zoom
Members of the College of Paramedics FREE
Non members £20.00
Under the Armed Forces Covenant agreement, any UK military veteran who has an illness or injury associated to their time serving in the armed forces including mental health issues or illness, are entitled to dedicated, specific, and personalised care outside of the NHS.
However, awareness of these pathways and how to refer an individual for these services and treatments is not common knowledge or frequently accessed. The aim of this session is to share this knowledge that has been co-produced with the Transition, Intervention, Liaison Service, (now known as Op COURAGE), one of the UK military support organisations with a pre-hospital audience.
This session will be useful to those providing care and treatment to patients or staff members experiencing physical and/or psychological illness or injury as a result of their previous military service. This includes paramedics, specialist/ advanced paramedics, ambulance/ community clinicians, health and wellbeing leads, human resources personnel, and leaders/ managers.
We are delighted that Gary Gilkes will be leading this webinar.
Speaker Bio
Gary is a College of Paramedics Geographical Education Lead for the South East region and an Associate Professor and Head of Paramedicine at Buckinghamshire New University. During his academic career, he has taken part in various CPD activities and developed new educational content for clinicians including a collaborative piece on veteran mental health care in partnership with the Transition, Intervention, Liaison Service (TILS) (Op COURAGE) in London.
As part of his work to share knowledge and skills within the paramedic community and beyond, Gary was fortunate to represent the UK and be part of the European Implementation Scientific Education Network, with other healthcare professionals and academics from around the world with a focus on healthcare implementation strategies.
More Information about Wellbeing Services for Military Veterans
More information about the Armed Forces Covenant can be found HERE
Mental health and wellbeing support for veterans may be accessed through Op COURAGE: Mental health support for veterans, service leavers and reservists - NHS
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Members of the College of Paramedics
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