Where are all the veterans? A mixed methods assessment of a systematic strategy to increase veteran registration in UK primary healthcare practices.

Objectives: To identify effective initiatives to increase veteran registration in UK primary healthcare (PHC) practices.

Design: A structured and systematic strategy was designed to improve the number of military veterans correctly coded within PHC. A mixed methods approach was adopted to evaluate the impact.

The Veteran Friendly Practice accreditation programme: a mixed-methods evaluation.

Background: The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Veteran Friendly Practice Accreditation Programme launched in 2019, aiming to allow practices to better identify, treat, and refer veterans, where appropriate, to dedicated NHS services.

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of the accreditation programme, focusing on benefits for the veteran, the practice, and the delivery of the programme itself.

Design & Setting: The study evaluated the views of veteran-friendly accredited GP practices across England.

Risk factors for intimate partner homicide in England and Wales.

Intimate partner homicides are often situated within the context of domestic abuse, and although less prevalent than domestic abuse, there have been several multi-agency approaches to understanding the risk for these fatal crimes. Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) were introduced in 2011 to provide information to help with assessing such risk. This paper aims to analyse DHRs in England and Wales to investigate/determine risk factors for domestic homicide following intimate partner abuse.

Veteran help-seeking behaviour for mental health issues: a systematic review.

Introduction: Serving military personnel and veterans have been identified to have a high prevalence of mental health disorders. Despite this, only a significantly small number seek mental healthcare. With the UK beginning to invest further support to the armed forces community, identification of barriers and facilitators of help-seeking behaviour is needed.