The Defence Medical Academy is based at DMS Whittington. It is the training centre of Defence Medical Services. It trains military personnel to deal with situations that civilian paramedics would be involved with; i.e. more advanced situations than those which just require first aid.
| Defence Medical Academy | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Active | 1996 – present |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  British Army Royal Air Force Royal Navy |
| Type | Defence training centre |
| Role | Medical training |
| Part of | Defence Medical Services |
| Location | DMS Whittington, Staffordshire |
History
editThe organization was formed as the Defence Medical Services Training Centre from the medical training centres for the three services[a] at Keogh Barracks in 1996[1] and was initially subordinate to the Defence Medical Training Organisation.[2] It became subordinate to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in 2008[3] and moved to Whittington Barracks as the Defence College of Healthcare Education and Training in 2014.[4] It was renamed the Defence Medical Academy in September 2019.[5]
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 Medical Assistants - MAs), excluding that for medical doctors (from university medical schools). It trains the:
The Museum of Military Medicine is still based at Keogh Barracks.[6]
Commandants
editCommandants of the Royal Army Medical Corps Training Centre
edit- Brigadier Desmond Murphy (1970 to 1973)[7]
- Brigadier Richard Bradshaw (1973 to 1975)
- Colonel Geoffrey Banks (c.1985 to c.1988)
See also
edit- Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in Birmingham
- Medical Supplies Agency, based at Ludgershall, Wiltshire
- Defence School of Health Care Studies - trains nurses
Notes
edit- ^ These units included the Army Medical Services Training Centre (previously known as the RAMC Training Centre) at Keogh Barracks and medical training teams at the Royal Hospital Haslar and the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine
References
edit- ^ "Lieutenant General Sir Alan Reay: Soldier who fought cutbacks". The Independent. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ "Memorandum submitted to the Defence Committee by the Ministry of Defence responding to the Committee's Questions on the Defence Medical Services". Hansard. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ MacMillan, Alistair; Bricknell, Martin (11 June 2008). "A view of future issues for defence medical training". The RUSI Journal. 149 (6): 48–54. doi:10.1080/03071840408522934.
- ^ "£138m UK defence medical training hub opens". Government Opportunities. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "Full Prospectus" (PDF). Defence Medical Academy. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "Museum of Military Medicine". ARCHON Directory. UK: The National Archives. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ^ "Brigadier Desmond Murphy". The Telegraph. 26 February 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2014.