How a veteran support charity can reduce strain on the NHS: five minutes with . . . Jo Thomas

“The Poppy Factory offers employment support to veterans who have a health issue, mental or physical—four in five of the veterans we see have a mental health issue. We want to support them, and we believe that we can also help doctors by taking some of the pressure off them, which can have a beneficial effect on the NHS.“We help veterans get back into work, training, or volunteering through a detailed and gradual approach where we get to understand the veteran and work at their pace, because some of them may be thinking about employment, but they know that they need help on the journey.“There’s a very straightforward referral form that can be found on the Poppy Factory’s website.1 Any NHS professional can refer someone in, and ex-forces patients can refer themselves too. The feedback that we get from the clinicians who refer into the service is very much that…
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