Armed Forces: Discharges
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medically discharged service personnel were provided with mental health assessments as part of their discharge process in each year since 2023.
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones
The number of UK Armed Forces personnel medically discharged with a Structured Mental Health Assessment (SMHA) entered into their electronic medical record is as follows:
- 1,198 in 2023-24 (of 1,963 UK regular Armed Forces medical discharges)
- 1,319 in 2024-25 (of 1,875 UK regular Armed Forces medical discharges)
Service personnel undergoing medical discharge who are under the care of specialist mental health services may not have a SMHA as this is intended to identify unmet mental health needs prior to discharge.
Only information on SMHA’s that is recorded on electronic medical records is available for electronic searches. Figures therefore are a minimum.
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