Description
Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) is an independent charity providing medical welfare to those who have, and continue to, serve on the frontline. Our services are proven to help people:
- Have better experiences of healthcare and recover from illness quicker
- Feel less stressed and anxious
- Access financial support to reduce the stress of money
- Feel less lonely and more connected to their communities
- Enjoy positive relationships with families and friends
- Find and stay in safe housing
- Overcome alcohol and drug misuse
- Access treatment for mental health illnesses such as PTSD
- Stop thoughts of taking their own life
- Find meaningful employment or volunteering after service
Who We Support
We support all members of the Armed Forces Community across the services, including serving personnel, reservists, veterans, and their family members/carers. This includes The Merchant Navy.
We also provide support to those in other frontline roles including the Police.
Medical Welfare
Medical welfare is important where non-clinical issues, problems or social influences may be distracting someone from their recovery.
Whether it be a life-threatening injury sustained by a soldier, or a housing crisis for a military veteran, PTSD diagnosis for an NHS hospital worker, a police officer returning to work after a traumatic incident; we help navigate the healthcare pathway, unlocking the solutions to improve wellbeing and support recovery.
Our comprehensive and confidential medical welfare service supports patients, their immediate family/primary caregivers and healthcare professionals involved in their care. We operate in NHS Trusts and Boards as well as recovery centres across the UK and Cyprus.
Our helpline is 0800 999 3697
Contact Details
Contact name: Referral contact
Email address: referrals@dmws.org.uk
Phone number: 0800 999 3697
Mobile number:
Locations
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Nationwide
Published: 18 March 2022