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Defence Medical Services

The Defence Medical Services (DMS) includes the Headquarters Surgeon General (HQ SG), Joint Medical Command (JMC), Defence Dental Services (DDS) and the three single Service medical organisations. It is headed by the Surgeon General (SG).
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DMS News

Cinema auditorium New MediCinema to help rehabilitation at Headley Court

A new state-of-the-art cinema and entertainment centre is to open this summer for injured Service... 17 May 12

Section of Big White Wall website page Extra funding for Armed Forces online mental health network

Extra funding of £400,000 will be provided for the Big White Wall online mental wellbeing service... 15 May 12

Welcome home party TA medics return from Afghanistan

Territorial Army (TA) medics from the North East have returned home from an Afghanistan deployment... 4 May 12

1 Medical Regiment receive Afghanistan medals

18 Apr 12

Navy medics in major exercise at sea

19 Mar 12

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Our Publications

Key documents

Joint Medical Command (JMC) overview
Joint Medical Command (JMC) overview
Defence Postgraduate Medical Deanery (DPMD) External Training Form
MOD Form 1797 - Application form for funding of external training
Dental Centre Planning Tool
Tool to help the planning of dental centre refurbishment or new build
Clinical Excellence Awards (CEA)
Information for applicants

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Our Teams

Find out about our teams

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DMS what's new

DMS facts

  • Over 7,000 regular DMS personnel
  • 15 Regional Rehabilitation Units (RRUs) across the UK & Germany
  • 5 Ministry of Defence Hospital Units (MDHU) embedded into NHS acute trusts
  • The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) in Birmingham
  • 15 military run Departments of Community Mental Health (DCMH)
  • The DMS provides healthcare to about 258,000 people

Headquarters Surgeon General

Coltman House

DMS Whittington

Whittington Barracks

LICHFIELD

Staffordshire

WS14 9PY


Surgeon General (London)
MOD Main Building
Whitehall
London
SW1A 2HB

External links

Defence Medical Welfare Services
Working in partnership with MOD
NHS Choices
Special report on healthcare services in the Armed Forces
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