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By Tim Pickering

Leading Aircraftman Nick Atterton cleans the windows on an AP-3C Orion in the Middle East. Photo by Able Seaman Paul Berry.
Letters to the Editor 

DVA will clean the windows I can reach, but won’t clean those I can’t

17/02/202117/02/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3448 Views 0 Comments By Tim Pickering

Thanks for publishing my letter – Why my Defence doctor sacked me as a patient – yesterday, Brian. Another thing you might find funny…

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Letters to the Editor 

Why my Defence doctor ‘sacked me’ as a patient

16/02/202116/02/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2904 Views 1 Comment By Tim Pickering

Re your story “Veteran refused care – because DVA paying”. It’s not just mental health support that medical practitioners are declining.

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