{"id":201383,"date":"2024-12-24T14:09:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T14:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/24\/13000-in-uk-armed-forces-not-medically-deployable\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T14:09:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T14:09:07","slug":"13000-in-uk-armed-forces-not-medically-deployable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/24\/13000-in-uk-armed-forces-not-medically-deployable\/","title":{"rendered":"13,000 in UK armed forces ‘not medically deployable’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More than 13,000 people in the UK’s armed forces are “not medically deployable”, defence ministry figures show.<\/p>\n

Statistics shared by Al Carns, the veterans minister, who is also a reservist, show 99,560 people within the armed forces are medically fully deployable, while 14,350 have limited deployability.<\/p>\n

However, a total of 13,522 are medically not deployable.<\/p>\n

The Royal Navy has 2,922 members medically not deployable, the army has 6,879 and the Royal Air Force 3,721.<\/p>\n

The MoD defines a fully deployable person to be someone who is medically fit for duty with no employment limitations.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, those who are medically not deployable have major employment limitations and are not fit to deploy on operations but may be deployable on UK-based exercises.<\/p>\n

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Service personnel with medical conditions or fitness issues that affect their ability to perform their duties will generally be referred to a medical board for a medical examination and review of their medical grading.<\/p>\n

They may be downgraded, to allow for treatment, recovery and rehabilitation and deployability status can be awarded on a temporary or permanent basis.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Mr Carns, a former full-time Royal Marine colonel, said Britain needed to rebuild “depth” and “mass”<\/a><\/strong> when it came to the layers of fighting forces it has available as he warned the British Army would be worn down in “six months to a year” in a major war.<\/p>\n

“In a war of scale – not a limited intervention, but one similar to Ukraine – our army for example on the current casualty rates would be expended – as part of a broader multinational coalition – in six months to a year,” Mr Carns said.<\/p>\n

“That doesn’t mean we need a bigger army, but it does mean you need to generate depth and mass rapidly in the event of a crisis.”<\/p>\n

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His comments came after the UK’s chief of the defence staff, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, said there were “deficiencies” in people, equipment, stockpiles, training and technology.<\/p>\n

“We need the humility to recognise that we are not as strong as we could be and then the determination and focus to put this right,” he said.<\/p>\n

An MoD spokesperson said: “The vast majority of our service personnel – around 90% – are deployable at any point, with most of the remaining members of our armed forces employed in wider military roles.<\/p>\n

“We are committed to providing world-class medical treatment to ensure personnel can return to duty where possible, or to support their transition to civilian life.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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