Defence Medical Welfare Service

The Defence Medical Welfare Service is an independent charity providing medical welfare to those who are serving or have served on the frontline, including the armed forces, the Merchant Navy, the NHS and the Police.

• From: Office for Veterans' Affairs
• Published: 12 September 2024

• Health and Social Care: Mental Health, Social Care
• Families and children: Support for spouses and families
• Community and social: LGBT+ support, Women veterans support
• England: North East and Yorkshire, North West, Midlands, East of England, London, South West, South East
• Northern Ireland: North (Coleraine Area), South (Portadown Area), East (Holywood Area), West (Enniskillen Area)
• Scotland: The Southern Uplands, The Central Lowlands, Grampian Mountains, Northern Highlands, Hebrides and the Northern Isles
• Wales: Mid and West Wales, North Wales, South Wales Central, South Wales East, South Wales West

The St. John and Red Cross Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) offers a comprehensive and confidential medical welfare service to patients, their immediate family and primary caregivers and healthcare professionals involved in their care. They operate within NHS trusts, as well as recovery centres across the UK and Cyprus.

They support wounded, injured and sick patients while under hospital care.

They also help employers of the armed forces, emergency services and healthcare workers demonstrate their duty of care obligations, contributing to a swifter discharge from hospital, a quicker recovery for the patient and an earlier return to work.

Get in touch with the Defence Medical Welfare Service

By phone

For referrals : 0800 999 3697
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (except public holidays)

By email

For all referrals: referrals@dmws.org.uk

For general enquiries: info@dmws.org.uk

Online

Website: Defence Medical Welfare Service

Published 12 September 2024