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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Payne

Nuclear veterans take legal action over ‘illegally withheld’ medical records

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Military veterans who took part in nuclear weapons tests are to take legal action against the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in an attempt to gain access to medical records they claim have been illegally withheld.

Armed forces personnel said the MoD needs to be held “accountable” because disclosing the information would have “lessened the trauma… and anguish” suffered by families.

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