Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 May 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 June 2006. It was answered by Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour) on Monday, 3 July 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Iraq

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK personnel injured in Iraq since 2003 have been treated in each (a) British and (b) Coalition hospital in (i) the Middle East and (ii) Cyprus; and what type of injury was sustained in each case.

Answer: In total, 386 UK personnel serving on Telic were treated at the Role 3 Facility in Cyprus, 19 of whom returned to their units in theatre after treatment. The remaining 367 personnel were sent back to the UK either for additional treatment or to their units. Of the 386 personnel, 33 were treated for wounds received as a result of hostile action and 353 for disease and non-battle injuries. All personnel treated at the medical facility in Cyprus are included in the aeromedically evacuation reporting published on the MOD website.As far as we know no UK personnel injured in Iraq were treated in any other British or Coalition hospital in the Middle East outside the Telic area of operations.

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