Home for injured soldiers opens

Home for injured soldiers opens

1 September 2009

The UK's first Army recovery centre for injured and unwell soldiers has opened in Edinburgh.

The £8.6m convalescing centre is a special 12-bed facility for soldiers at the Erskine Edinburgh Home.

It will cater for soldiers who have been injured on duty and are not well enough to go back to their unit straight away.

The centre is part of a pilot scheme which will be rolled out across the UK if it proves successful.

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