Veterans and the armed forces community should be high on our agendas as healthcare professionals. In 2021, for the first time, Census data aimed to capture the true number of veterans living in the UK. Data revealed that 1,853,112 people in England and Wales reported that they had previously served in the UK armed forces; to put that into perspective, that is 3.8% of total residents aged 16 years and over, a significant proportion of the population. Despite this, research suggests that many GP surgeries do not know how many veteran patients they have, or indeed how to address their specific health needs, which may differ from those of the general population for various reasons (Simpson et al, 2015).