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DMS - Defence Medical Service (Serving Personnel)

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Website     https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/defence-medical-services 

 

DMS promotes, protects and restores the health of the UK armed forces to ensure that they are ready and medically fit to deploy globally. 

The DMS is staffed by circa 11,000 service personnel (7,800 regular and 3,200 reserves) and 2,600 civilian personnel and provides healthcare to circa 148000 UK Regular Armed Forces personnel.

Service personnel and civilians work side by side as medical, dental and allied healthcare professionals with other personnel to plan and deliver excellent healthcare services wherever they are needed. 

The services offered by the DMS include primary healthcare, dental care, rehabilitation, occupational medicine, community mental healthcare and specialist medical care.

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