Streamlined Royal Army Medical Service created by combining three healthcare corps
Three British Army healthcare corps are being amalgamated into a new modern organisation called the Royal Army Medical Service.
The new corps has been formed by combining the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), the Royal Army Dental Corps (RADC) and Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC).
On X, British Army Medical Services posted; "The amalgamation will ensure that the next generation of the Army will continue to be supported by a modern corps capable of delivering healthcare on exercises and operations at home and around the world."
The Royal Army Medical Service (RAMS) will be tasked with delivering modernised, multi-disciplinary healthcare offering opportunities to create a better organisational culture and a unified, inclusive, and representative corps.
The Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC) will remain an independent corps outside of the Royal Army Medical Service, due to having a different legal and operational statute.
The underlying ethos of its founding corps will remain and the amalgamation will have no impact on military or civilian workforce numbers.
"At the heart of this institutional modernisation will be culture and behaviour change to develop a single, agile workforce, appropriately educated to operate, fight and adapt in uncertainty that will deliver leading-edge developments in treatment and care," said Master General Army Medical Services Major General Hodgetts.
Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard said: "The Government is committed to ensuring that our Army is structured to meet its purpose of protecting the nation and helping it prosper.
"This change will deliver improvements for those serving and promote the world-class work of the Royal Army Medical Service.
"I thank all those who serve in the new Royal Army Medical Service for their professionalism, dedication and care they offer."
The British Army said in a statement that King Charles approved the amalgamation in May and a formation parade, in the presence of the Chief of the General Staff, will take place at Regimental Headquarters at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 15 November.
The statement said: "The parade will be in the new RAMS dress and accoutrements. Uniforms will change and the regimental support from our corps headquarters will improve.
"We will build on the heritage of the forming corps as we seek to learn from our past. We will continue to deliver high-quality healthcare at home and deployed."
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