The system for the MOD is far from perfect as far as physio goes, but in my experience it is not all bad.

There are Regional Rehabilitation Units in various parts of the country now, dealing with the rehabilitation of a variety of conditions, in a group environment, but individually tailored, with 1 on 1 treatment where required. These generally have a clinical specialist and assessments are mainly headed up by sports medicine trained doctor or specialist in the area the patient has been referred to.

There are also primary care facilities available at a lot of MOD establishments. In my area the RRU and primary facilities are well established. Generally acute patients are seen within 5/7 and chronic within 10/7. Obviously this does change with fluctuating referral levels pre and post deployment and during block leave periods. My experience has been that extra money was made available for an additional physio, for conflict related treatment and a specialist physio was funded for to allow a patient to continue to stay in his local area for treatment.

While this may not be the case everywhere and yes there is still a lot of room for improvement it is not all bad when it comes to physio.

One of the biggest mistakes that has been made is the closure of specialist MOD hospitals and there are still too many things that the soldiers have to wait on NHS lists for.

In my opinion they deserve the best treatment that is available for them. With more specialist facilities and private speed referrals for all problems.

Headley Court is always a good source of information to find your nearest rehabilitation unit, otherwise keep pestering your medical officer. There may be information available online if you know where your nearest establishment is.

Good luck