GULF VETERANS MEDICAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME

The MOD runs a Medical Assessment Programme (GVMAP) to examine 1990/1991 UK Gulf veterans and Operation TELIC veterans who are concerned that their health may have been adversely affected by service in Op GRANBY (the 1990/1991 Gulf Conflict) or Op TELIC.

General Information  

• Gulf Health: Information Guide for Health Professionals This briefing pack, updated in February 2005, is intended to provide GPs, and other health professionals, with information which they may find useful in dealing with Gulf veterans' health concerns.
• The Gulf Veterans' Medical Assessment Programme Answers to some frequently asked questions about the MAP.

• An audit of the MOD's Gulf Veterans Medical Assessment Programme The report by the King's Fund Health Quality Service, following a management audit of the MAP, which was carried out on 18 December 1998.
• Click here to Download PDF of The MOD's Response to the recommendations arising from the audit undertaken by the King's Fund Health Quality Service [Adobe PDF format]
• New Head of Gulf War Medical Assessment Programme  A MOD press release from 30 July 1998, concerning the appointment of Professor Harry Lee as the new Head of the MAP.

• Routine clinical tests carried out at Gulf Veterans' Medical Assessment Programme following independent audit Details of clinical tests performed under the auspices of the GVMAP.

• A paper: Observational Study on Diagnoses of 3233 Gulf Veterans who attended the MODs Medical Assessment Programme 1993-2004" has been published in the Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service.  The paper reviews all the diagnoses of 1990/1991 Gulf veterans made at the GVMAP and also reports on links between illness and service in the Gulf.  The overall picture of veterans’ health at the time they were seen has not changed from that last reported in the "MAP 3000" paper (below): 75% were judged well at the time they were seen and that of those who were unwell, most illness was accounted for by a psychiatric disorder, most commonly Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  The review of links between illness and service in the Gulf shows that 3% of those seen had physical conditions (most commonly respiratory, digestive, injuries and skin disorders) linked to the Gulf.
• A paper: "Clinical Outcomes of Gulf Veterans’ Medical Assessment Programme Referrals to Specialized Centers for Gulf Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" has been published in the May 2005 edition of Military Medicine.
• A paper: "Results of investigation on Gulf War Veterans" has been published in the March/April 2005 edition of Clinical Medicine.
• Health Status and Clinical Diagnosisof 3000 UK Gulf War Veterans.  The details of the review of diagnoses made for the first 3000 veterans of the Gulf conflict 1990-91 seen at the Ministry of Defence's Gulf Veterans' Medical Assessment Programme.
• Post combat syndromes from the Boer War to the Gulf War: a cluster analysis of their nature and attribution" Results of work carried out at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine and the US medical research institute. The Ministry of Defence co-operated with the research team by providing access to anonymised medical data relating to UK Gulf veterans held at the Medical Assessment Programme. Results published in the British Medical Journal on 9 February 2002.
• "Post traumatic stress disorder following military combat or peace keeping". Clinical review published in the British Medical Journal on 9 February 2002.
• Clinical findings for the second 1000 Gulf veterans in the Ministry of Defence's medical assessment programme The details of the review of diagnoses made in the second 1000 veterans of the Gulf conflict 1990-91 seen at the Ministry of Defence's Gulf Veterans' Medical Assessment Programme.
• British Medical Journal Editorial: Gulf War Syndrome The British Medical Journal's editorial on the findings of the MAP 1000 survey, published in the British Medical Journal on 30 January 1999.  (External link to British Medical Journal web site).
• Clinical findings for the first 1000 Gulf veterans in the Ministry of Defence's medical assessment programme The results of the MAP 1000 survey, published in the British Medical Journal on 30 January 1999. (External link to British Medical Journal web site).
• First medical analysis of 1000 Gulf veterans published An MOD press release of 28 January 1999, welcoming the publication of the MAP 1000 paper in the British Medical Journal.
• A Review of Gulf War Illness A paper by Group Captain W.J. Coker (a former Head of the MAP), which was published in the Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service in Summer 1996, concerning the analysis of the first 284 veterans to pass through the MAP.
• Letter to the Editor of the British Medical Journal from Surgeon Vice-Admiral Tony Revell Surgeon Vice Admiral Tony Revell was Surgeon General from 1994 to 1997. This letter was published in the British Medical Journal in 1995 and reviews the analysis of the first 237 veterans to pass through the MAP.
• Letter to the Editor of the British Medical Journal from Lt Gen Peter Beale Lieutenant General Peter Beale was Surgeon General from 1991 to 1994. His letter, published in the British Medical Journal in 1994, provided an early introduction to the MAP and briefly outlined the finding

Last Updated: 21 Sep 05