The Defence Medical Academy is based at

DMS Whittington DMS Whittington, otherwise known as Defence Medical Services Whittington (formerly Whittington Barracks), is a military base in Whittington, Staffordshire, near Lichfield in England. It is home to the Staffordshire Regiment Museum, the Headquarter ...

. It is the training centre of Defence Medical Services. It trains military personnel to deal with situations that civilian

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s would be involved with; i.e. more advanced situations than those which just require

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History

The organization was formed as the Defence Medical Services Training Centre from the medical training centres for the three services at

Keogh Barracks Keogh Barracks is a military installation on Mytchett Place Road, Mytchett, Surrey, England. History The barracks were commissioned to accommodate the Army School of Hygiene and are named after Sir Alfred Keogh, a former Director-General of Arm ...

in 1996 and was initially subordinate to the Defence Medical Training Organisation. It became subordinate to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in 2008 and moved to

Whittington Barracks DMS Whittington, otherwise known as Defence Medical Services Whittington (formerly Whittington Barracks), is a military base in Whittington, Staffordshire, near Lichfield in England. It is home to the Staffordshire Regiment Museum, the Headquarte ...

as the Defence College of Healthcare Education and Training in 2014. It was renamed the Defence Medical Academy in September 2019.

Structure

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The college is a Ministry of Defence Agency that provides Phase 2 training for medical personnel for all three armed forces ( Combat Medical Technicians - CMTs and

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s - MAs), excluding that for medical doctors (from university medical schools). It trains the: *

Army Medical Services The Army Medical Services (AMS) is the organisation responsible for administering the corps that deliver medical, veterinary, dental and nursing services in the British Army. It is headquartered at the former Staff College, Camberley, near the ...

Royal Navy Medical Service The Royal Navy Medical Service is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for medical care. It works closely with Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service. History The history of the service can be traced back to 1692 when treatment for ...

RAF Medical Services The Royal Air Force Medical Services is the branch of the Royal Air Force that provides health care at home and on deployed Military operation, operations to Royal Air Force, RAF service personnel. Medical RAF officer, officers are the Physicia ...

The

Museum of Military Medicine The Museum of Military Medicine, formerly the Army Medical Services Museum (AMS Museum), is located in Keogh Barracks, on Mytchett Place Road, Mytchett, Surrey, England. History The museum is based on the "Mytchett Collection", a collection o ...

is still based at Keogh Barracks.

Commandants

Commandants of the Royal Army Medical Corps Training Centre

*Brigadier Desmond Murphy (1970 to 1973) *Brigadier Richard Bradshaw (1973 to 1975) *Colonel Geoffrey Banks (c.1985 to c.1988)

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History of defence medical training in the UK
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