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MoD Medical Assessment Programme ( Medical Assessments for Ex-Service Personnel) details below...
I welcome calls from veterans, doctors, welfare agencies and the like and am happy to provide advice over the phone, fax or email - details below.
Yours,
Ian
Ian Palmer
Professor of Military Psychiatry
Head of Medical Assessment Programme
The Medical Assessment Programme (MAP)
Medical Assessments for Ex-Service Personnel.
The Medical Assessment Programme (MAP) was established in July 1993 to examine UK Gulf veterans who were concerned that their health had been adversely affected by service in the 1990/1991 Gulf Conflict. Defence Ministers have extended the role of the MAP in recent years to other groups of ex-service personnel so that they too may benefit from the knowledge and skills developed in assessing veterans with physical or mental health concerns. Veterans who fulfill the following criteria for eligibility and feel they would benefit from seeing a consultant with a military background should seek a referral via their GP to the MAP.
The MAP offers a General Medical Examination for veterans of:
· The 1990/1991 Gulf War
· The current operation in Iraq (Operation TELIC)
· The current operation in Afghanistan (Operation HERRICK)
· Porton Down Studies
A Mental Health Examination for ex-service personnel with operational service since 1982 (including veterans of the Falklands Conflict)
The MAP is located at St Thomas' Hospital, London and currently staffed by Dr Ian Palmer a Consultant Psychiatrist, qualified General Practitioner and Professor of Military Psychiatry with extensive military experience and knowledge.
The purpose of the MAP is:
* To assess, and attempt to understand, the physical and psychological difficulties experienced by ex-Service personnel presenting to the service.
* To provide advice to individuals and health professionals about the mental and physical health of veterans in their care.
* Where possible, to provide diagnoses and management strategies for individuals and the medical and mental health professionals involved in their care.
* To collate anonymised statistical information as a resource for study of this population by authorized researchers who have obtained the appropriate ethical clearance. No information about named individuals is given to third parties without written consent from the individuals concerned.
Further information is available for individuals and health personnel via:
Freephone:
0800 169 5401 Medical Assessment Programme (MAP)
0800 169 4495 Veterans Policy Unit (VPU)
Email:
map@gstt.sthames.nhs.uk <mailto:map@gstt.sthames.nhs.uk>
Website:
www.mod.uk/defenceinternet/home <http://www.mod.uk/defenceinternet/home> follow links to MAP
Referrals to the MAPP
GPs and Serving Medical Officers are encouraged to refer patients who fulfil the eligibility criteria and who are concerned that their physical and/or mental health may have suffered as a result of military Service. All GPs and patients receive a copy of the assessment report.
Please refer all cases to the following address:
Head of Medical Assessment Programme
Baird Health Centre
Gassiot House
St Thomas' Hospital
Lambeth Palace Road
London SE1 7EH
Fax: 020 7202 8327
Health Guide
A revised version of the "Gulf Health: Information Guide for Health Professionals" will be published later this year. Many of the questions raised about the MAP are common to all groups of veterans who are eligible to attend and the February 2005 version has been retained on the VPU website for information purposes.
Ian Palmer
Head of Medical Assessment Programme
Sept 2007
Brief Biography for Ian Palmer
RMO 22SAS 1981-83. SMO 1998-00. RMO Newport Det 21 SAS 1983-5 [I think]. RMO SSF Oman 1995/96 Specific expertise in travel medicine, emergency medicine and immediate care. Only SAS MO to study psychiatry
From 1990 military psychiatrist to Airborne Forces and first [and last] Tri-Service Professor of Defence Psychiatry. Served in Balkans and Rwanda.
Special expertise and interest in the cultural aspects of service, occupational aspects of psychiatry and the psychological consequences of combat and other stressful events.
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I welcome calls from veterans, doctors, welfare agencies and the like and am happy to provide advice over the phone, fax or email - details below.
Yours,
Ian
Ian Palmer
Professor of Military Psychiatry
Head of Medical Assessment Programme
The Medical Assessment Programme (MAP)
Medical Assessments for Ex-Service Personnel.
The Medical Assessment Programme (MAP) was established in July 1993 to examine UK Gulf veterans who were concerned that their health had been adversely affected by service in the 1990/1991 Gulf Conflict. Defence Ministers have extended the role of the MAP in recent years to other groups of ex-service personnel so that they too may benefit from the knowledge and skills developed in assessing veterans with physical or mental health concerns. Veterans who fulfill the following criteria for eligibility and feel they would benefit from seeing a consultant with a military background should seek a referral via their GP to the MAP.
The MAP offers a General Medical Examination for veterans of:
· The 1990/1991 Gulf War
· The current operation in Iraq (Operation TELIC)
· The current operation in Afghanistan (Operation HERRICK)
· Porton Down Studies
A Mental Health Examination for ex-service personnel with operational service since 1982 (including veterans of the Falklands Conflict)
The MAP is located at St Thomas' Hospital, London and currently staffed by Dr Ian Palmer a Consultant Psychiatrist, qualified General Practitioner and Professor of Military Psychiatry with extensive military experience and knowledge.
The purpose of the MAP is:
* To assess, and attempt to understand, the physical and psychological difficulties experienced by ex-Service personnel presenting to the service.
* To provide advice to individuals and health professionals about the mental and physical health of veterans in their care.
* Where possible, to provide diagnoses and management strategies for individuals and the medical and mental health professionals involved in their care.
* To collate anonymised statistical information as a resource for study of this population by authorized researchers who have obtained the appropriate ethical clearance. No information about named individuals is given to third parties without written consent from the individuals concerned.
Further information is available for individuals and health personnel via:
Freephone:
0800 169 5401 Medical Assessment Programme (MAP)
0800 169 4495 Veterans Policy Unit (VPU)
Email:
map@gstt.sthames.nhs.uk <mailto:map@gstt.sthames.nhs.uk>
Website:
www.mod.uk/defenceinternet/home <http://www.mod.uk/defenceinternet/home> follow links to MAP
Referrals to the MAPP
GPs and Serving Medical Officers are encouraged to refer patients who fulfil the eligibility criteria and who are concerned that their physical and/or mental health may have suffered as a result of military Service. All GPs and patients receive a copy of the assessment report.
Please refer all cases to the following address:
Head of Medical Assessment Programme
Baird Health Centre
Gassiot House
St Thomas' Hospital
Lambeth Palace Road
London SE1 7EH
Fax: 020 7202 8327
Health Guide
A revised version of the "Gulf Health: Information Guide for Health Professionals" will be published later this year. Many of the questions raised about the MAP are common to all groups of veterans who are eligible to attend and the February 2005 version has been retained on the VPU website for information purposes.
Ian Palmer
Head of Medical Assessment Programme
Sept 2007
Brief Biography for Ian Palmer
RMO 22SAS 1981-83. SMO 1998-00. RMO Newport Det 21 SAS 1983-5 [I think]. RMO SSF Oman 1995/96 Specific expertise in travel medicine, emergency medicine and immediate care. Only SAS MO to study psychiatry
From 1990 military psychiatrist to Airborne Forces and first [and last] Tri-Service Professor of Defence Psychiatry. Served in Balkans and Rwanda.
Special expertise and interest in the cultural aspects of service, occupational aspects of psychiatry and the psychological consequences of combat and other stressful events.
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