Chapter 3 - Health
                         
Table 3.10 Iraq (Op TELIC) patients1 receiving treatment at Royal Centre for Defence Medicine
                        (RCDM) and Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC)
During the time period 8 October 2007 to 31 December 2007, there were 121 patients from Iraq (Op TELIC) treated at either RCDM or DMRC, 47 of these were new patients who had not previously been treated at RCDM or DMRC for their injury or illness. In 2008 there were 281 patients from Iraq treated at either RCDM or DMRC, 199 of these were new patients who had not previously been treated at RCDM or DMRC for their injury or illness. In 2009 there were 180 patients from Iraq treated at either RCDM or DMRC, 90 of these were new patients who had not previously been treated at RCDM or DMRC for their injury or illness.

Note that in many cases the totals presented in the table below will be less than the sum of their parts. Please see the Operational Fatalities and Casualties Introduction for further information.

The data in this table are not National Statistics because they have not been designated as such by the Ministry of Defence.
  20072 2008 2009
Injury class3
All Battle
Injury		 Non
Battle
Injury		 Natural
Cause		 All Battle
Injury		 Non
Battle
Injury		 Natural
Cause		 All Battle
Injury		 Non
Battle
Injury		 Natural
Cause
No. of patients seen at
RCDM & DMRC
 121 66 38 17 281 73 122 86 180 44 87 49
                         
All RCDM Birmingham4
 64 15 32 17 227 28 115 84 119 9 66 44
In-Patient
 50 10 24 16 123 13 52 58 58 4 26 28
Out-Patient
 21 7 13 1 167 22 98 47 98 6 60 32
                         
All DMRC Headley Court4
 61 54 7 - 74 56 13 5 68 38 25 5
In-Patient
 26 24 2 - 28 21 5 2 9 7 1 1
Out-Patient
 23 21 2 - 59 46 10 3 64 35 24 5
Residential Patients
 14 11 3 - 31 25 4 2 34 13 19 2
                         
New Patients RCDM or DMRC
 47 8 24 15 199 11 104 84 90 - 58 32
New Patients RCDM only
 47 8 24 15 201 16 102 83 81 2 50 29
New Patients DMRC only
 3 2 1 - 19 6 8 5 15 - 12 3
Source: DASA (Health Information)
1. Patients include Naval Service Personnel, Army Personnel including those from the Gibraltar Regiment, RAF Personnel, Reservists and UK Civilians.
    These exclude Special Forces and Other Nations Service Personnel.
2. The Defence Patient Tracking System (DPTS) commenced on 8 October 2007, therefore data for 2007 only covers the period 8 October - 31 December 2007.
3. A battle injury includes those wounded as a result of hostile action. This includes injuries sustained whilst avoiding direct and indirect fire. A non-battle injury
    is any injury that is not caused by a hostile act and includes any accidental injuries such as sports injuries, road traffic accidents etc. Natural causes include
    illness, disease and pregnancy. The distinctions between Battle Injury, Non Battle Injury and Natural Causes have been validated against Notification of
    Casualty (NOTICAS) data where possible.
4. An in-patient is a patient that has been admitted and allocated a ward bed, a residential patient is a patient that is on a three week rehab course, they are not
    allocated a ward bed, but reside in dormitory style accommodation. An outpatient is a non-resident patient attending RCDM or DMRC for treatment.