Armed forces and veterans mental health inquiry

Inquiry by the Defence Committee, 31 January 2018 to 31 January 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 11th Report - Mental Health and the Armed Forces, Part One: The Scale of mental health issues (25 July 2018)
• 12th Special Report - Mental health and the Armed Forces, Part One: The Scale of mental health issues: Government Response to the Committee’s Eleventh Report (16 October 2018)

Evidence sessions

• 27 March 2018: Sir Simon Wessely, Director, King's Centre for Military Health Research, King's College London, Professor Nicola Fear, Director, King's Centre for Military Health Research, King's College London, Matt Fossey, Director, Veterans and Families Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, Professor Susan Klein, Professor of Health and Social Care, Veterans and Families Institute, Anglia Ruskin University
• 24 April 2018: Professor Cherie Armour, Associate Dean (Research and Impact), Ulster University, Dr Beverly Bergman, University of Glasgow, Dr Lucy Abraham, Clinical Psychologist, Veterans First Point Scotland, Dr Neil Kitchiner, Director and Consultant Clinical lead, Veterans NHS WalesDr Walter Busuttil, Director of Medical Services, Combat Stress, Rod Eldridge, Clinical lead, Walking with the Wounded, Karen Mead, Head of Psychological Wellbeing, Help for Heroes
• 26 June 2018: Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans, Lieutenant General Martin Bricknell, Surgeon General, Ministry of Defence, Jackie Doyle-Price MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Inequalities, Kate Davies, OBE, Director of Health & Justice, Armed Forces and Sexual Assault Services Commissioning, NHS England