Veterans promised greater access to help after royal commission report

Veterans promised greater access to help after royal commission report | By Angus Thompson AngusGthompson auspol

Veterans’ access to compensation and rehabilitation will be simplified under a government promise to overhaul the slow and complex system that has been blamed for contributing to defence suicides.

“There’s no doubt some veterans and families ... have not been able to access the support they deserve. For that, we are sorry,” Keogh said. The government also committed to cutting the “unacceptable” backlog of claims by recruiting 500 more staff to speed up processing, and overhauling departmental practices to take into account veterans’ trauma.The Department of Veterans’ Affairs has told the government the extra staff will enable it to remove the claims backlog by the end of 2023.said a slow and complex compensation claim process could harm people’s mental health and might contribute to suicidality.

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