Responses to our survey are extremely important in understanding how veterans' health, and financial wellbeing could be linked to military experience. As a token of our appreciation, every veteran who finishes the survey will receive a £20 voucher!

The survey takes an average of 30 minutes to complete. This means that you can help us better understand a few complex issues that veterans face (such as issues with finances and healthcare) and earn a £20 voucher all in your lunch break! bit.ly/2VkADNP

Dr. Neil Kitchiner, Director & Consultant Clinical Lead for NHS veteranswales, and Co-Investigator for the research project is in attendance at today's King's Centre for Military Health Research Veterans' Mental Health Conference and will give a brief overview of the research project #VMHC2020

With the current #COVID19 situation, the research team would like to remind you that the survey is safely accessible online. By helping us with our research on UK Veteran's health and financial wellbeing, you will also be helping to #FlattenTheCurve . bit.ly/2VkADNP

Whether you gamble or not, your personal experiences in the UK Armed Forces, and life as a veteran after leaving the Armed Forces, are really important in helping us understand the mental and financial wellbeing of our 2.5 million veterans. bit.ly/2VkADNP

Important information with regards to frontline Veteran's support services following MOD Veterans UK and Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 review. During this time, it is more important than ever to check in on your oppo's and reach out to your loved ones if you are struggling. gov.uk/government/new…

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2020 is a great time to reflect. However, many will overlook problem gambling and its wide-reaching consequences. #Veterans, please help us further understand gambling, #mentalhealth, and more by taking part in our research. bit.ly/2VkADNP

ICYMI: Our study featured in a special piece written for WalesOnline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 on Friday. Justyn Larcombe related some of his story to us. We need help in understanding why veterans might be at greater risk of gambling problems, and our research is just the start! walesonline.co.uk/special-featur…

The UK Armed Forces Veterans’ Health and Gambling Study Veterans Health and Gambling Study is the first survey exploring wellbeing and gambling in UK veterans. Whether you gamble or not, they want to hear from you. Take part at veteranshealthandgambling.org/take-part-in-t… and to say thanks they'll send you a £20 voucher

Many thanks to Welsh Government for their continued support of our research. You can read more about it in their Armed Forces Covenant report below! gov.wales/armed-forces-c…

We would like to welcome Katie Wood to our team! Katie joins the Swansea team from Plymouth as we continue with data collection. Croeso mawr i Katie! Veterans can still take part! By taking our survey you further the knowledge of gambling and its impacts. bit.ly/2VkADNP

Further to our work focussing on veterans, our researchers and Principal Investigator call for NHS clinics for gambling disorder in Wales. By filling out our survey, we can better identify the needs for veterans across the UK also. Take part here: bit.ly/2VkADNP

Our civilian Health and Wellbeing survey is now live! This survey examines health, gambling-behaviour and healthcare use in non-veterans from the UK and Northern Ireland. To take part in the survey, please follow this link: swanseachhs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7P…

Whilst this account has been quiet recently, we have been busy with data analysis! Our Primary Investigator Professor Simon Dymond @zorroesque presents some of our preliminary findings at King's Centre for Military Health Research 's annual conference this morning! #vmhc2021

Live at #vmhc2021: Professor Simon Dymond takes to the live stream to discuss the #UK Veterans’ Health and Gambling Study Watch live: bit.ly/3feJhY2 If you have any questions, please use the Q&A functionality in Microsoft Teams.

New research reported by Prof Simon Dymond of @SwanseaPsych Swansea University strengthens the case for additional support for ex-Services personnel, who face increased vulnerability to gambling harm:

Veteran suicide figures to be recorded for first time in England & Wales. We strongly welcome this announcement Welsh Government GOV.UK. This will help us target prevention for this higher risk group & identify opportunities for change. #EverybodysBusiness gov.uk/government/new…

Hugely important research from @zorroesque and others at Swansea University on problem gambling among veterans Vital we have a research base, which is why I and fellow Lords have tabled an amendment to the Armed Forces Bill to encourage the MOD to collect data on problem gambling

With veterans 11 times more likely to have gambling issues, what more could be done to support these individuals? militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/early/…