Veteran Health Needs Assessment

Westmorland and Furness Council has demonstrated its commitment to the Armed Forces community by signing the National Armed Forces Covenant in 2023. The covenant ensures that those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, are treated fairly and not disadvantaged by their military service. The council has an established Armed Forces Board, chaired by Linda Jones (Chief Legal and Monitoring Officer) to deliver on this commitment.

It is important to understand the health and wellbeing of local veterans, and how this is influenced by social, economic and environmental factors. To better understand these challenges and to help shape future priorities, the Westmorland and Furness Armed Forces Board, with support from Public Health are in the process of developing a Veterans' Health Needs Assessment.

This Veteran Health Needs Assessment – Insight Survey is designed to collect anonymised data from a range of organisations about if and how they support veterans and their families living within the Westmorland and Furness area.

Please do not provide personal identifiable data in response to this survey – this includes any information or documents that may directly identify a veteran and/or their family.

We would be grateful if you could respond to the Veteran Health Needs Assessment - Insight Survey by no later than 12th June 2025.

For further queries, please contact: armedforces@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk

1.Your organisation’s name

2.Your name

3.Your job role

4.Your email address

5.Are you the best contact for further queries?

Yes

No - please contact the following email address(es) for further queries

6.Does your service ask whether individuals (e.g. service users, patients, employees) are armed forces veterans?

Yes

If yes, please state how you collect this information.

7.If yes, how many veterans are you currently actively working with/supporting?

8.If not, what barriers are there in collecting this information?

9.If your service does collect information on veteran status, what do you do with this information?

10.Do you have data sharing agreements to share information about veterans with other organisations?

11.Are you able to share any aggregate data (summarised anonymous information) on the number of veterans registered with your service who reside in Westmorland and Furness (see information on the boundaries of Westmorland and Furness here), which could be used to inform this health needs assessment? Documents can also be emailed directly to armedforces@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk.

12.How do you support veterans in your organisation?

14.Has your organisation received external funding from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund?

Yes

If yes – what was the amount and can you describe the project:

15.Do you hold any other data or insight on veterans which may help to inform the health needs assessment further?

16.Is there anything in particular you wish to highlight in the needs assessment regarding your organisation’s work with veterans?

Thank you for taking the time to respond to this survey.