{"id":245115,"date":"2026-01-18T18:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/245115\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T18:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:01:08","slug":"how-a-kent-veteran-helps-ex-soldiers-get-mental-health-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/245115\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Kent veteran helps ex-soldiers get mental health support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Andrew works with veterans in custody, advocating for them in court, supporting people leaving prison, and linking veterans to the NHS mental health specialist service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Other support includes housing, benefits, employment and healthcare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The NHS trust said it had achieved a 0% reoffending rate over three years for veterans engaging with its support services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dr Afifa Qazi, chief medical officer for the trust, said: &#8220;Andrew&#8217;s work demonstrates how lived experience can build trust and create safer communities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He stays in regular contact with veterans and treats every person with dignity regardless of their background or offence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The 0% reoffending rate is an outstanding achievement and reflects our commitment to delivering truly inclusive care to our veterans.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew works with veterans in custody, advocating for them in court, supporting people leaving prison, and linking veterans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[163,521,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-245115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}