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Ireland.
Improvements include better recreational facilities, a
free air-letter card postal service between Servicemen and their
families in Great Britain or in West Germany, and further telephone
concessions.
29. Leave schemes for those serving in Northern Ireland on four-
month emergency tours have been further improved by the introduction
of four days Rest and Recuperation Leave, with free travel to Great
Britain or West Germany. Families of the permanent garrison may now
travel free of charge to Great Britain twice a year by rail and sea,
with entitlements for free car ferry warrants and sleeping berths
for overnight sea crossings.
After-Care of Invalided Ex-Servicemen and of British Forces' Widows
30. A special unit has been established in the Ministry of Defence
to monitor the after-care of soldiers discharged from the Army on
medical grounds; and to provide advice for the widows of those who die.
DEFENCE MEDICAL SERVICES
31. Work has been proceeding on the Report of the Defence Medical
Services Inquiry Committee which was set up "To review the arrange-
ments for providing medical, dental and nursing services for the
Armed Services at home and abroad for peace and war in the light of
developments in Defence Policy".
matters.
32. The Committee recommended against the amalgamation of the three
medical services, but proposed improved machinery within the Ministry
of Defence for co-ordinating and rationalizing medical and dental
These recommendations were accepted and a new tri-Service
the Defence Medical Services Co-ordinating Committee
set up with the Chief of Personnel and Logistics as Chairman.
Committee has now been in existence for about 18 months and is
over-seeing work on the Report's recommendations as a whole.
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