NHS Healthcare for the Armed Forces e-learning programme

1. NHS Healthcare for the Armed Forcese-learning programme

2. NHS Healthcare for the Armed Forces Overview • HEE e-Learning for Healthcare, together with NHS England, has produced an e-learning programme • Aimed at health and social care professionals who come into contact with serving personnel, veterans and their families • Service charities and lay people may also find the programme of use

3. NHS Healthcare for the Armed Forces Content • Care of serving personnel: • 1 session • Advice on how to refer serving personnel to their military GP, and the differences between military and civilian healthcare systems • Care of veterans: • 3 sessions • Common issues that affect veterans needing to access healthcare • Care of families: • 2 sessions • Armed Forces Covenant and how to support families of both serving personnel and veterans

4. NHS Healthcare for the Armed Forces Benefits of access • Understand the specific nature of healthcare issues that commonly affect members of the Armed Forces community • Appreciate the similarities and differences in healthcare options for civilians and those in the Armed Forces community • Be able to provide accurate information and respond to patient needs for healthcare routes for members of the Armed Forces community

5. NHS Healthcare for the Armed Forces Access routes • Freely available on the e-LfH website: • http://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/armedforces • Register and track your progress for access on the e-LfH Hub: • http://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Account/logon

6. NHS Healthcare for the Armed Forces Contact • Any problems, please: • Complete the contact form: http://millennium.kayako.com/ES/Tickets/Submit • Email support@e-lfh.org.uk