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  • This is a complaint by the Royal British Legion, which says that injured troops, including many who are permanently maimed, are leaving the military hospital in Selly Oak, Birmingham, without being told of the assistance being offered by charities.

    A veil of secrecy Richard 2006

  • When he asked me if I knew a man by the name of Selly Wolff, my heart began to beat so loud that I feared he could hear the sound it was making.

    i will plant you a lilac tree LAURA HILLMAN 2003

  • When he asked me if I knew a man by the name of Selly Wolff, my heart began to beat so loud that I feared he could hear the sound it was making.

    i will plant you a lilac tree LAURA HILLMAN 2003

  • HelpforHeroes, who having raised some £25 million in charity, have just opened their first Army Recovery Centre, one of two planned to support existing facilities such as Selly Oak etc.

    nourishing obscurity 2009

  • Without further ado, the Selly Oak doctors declared Mrs. Westwood "due to die" and began the process of shutting her down.

    Health Reform | Obama's New Strategy, Democrats, Republicans 2009

  • The most notorious recent case involving this act occurred last year when Mrs. Ellen Westwood, an 88-year-old retiree, entered Birmingham's Selly Oak hospital for shoulder surgery.

    Health Reform | Obama's New Strategy, Democrats, Republicans 2009

  • In March the National Audit Office warned that hospitals treating the wounded from Afghanistan were close to capacity, and said that Selly Oak hospital in Birmingham, which treats amputees, might need to displace civilians to make more room.

    Amputations for British forces in Afghanistan Ian Cobain 2010

  • He briefly did die, he later learned, on the operating table at Camp Bastion, and again when his heart stopped beating on the operating table at Selly Oak.

    Great strides: a British soldier's rehabilitation 2010

  • Over the years Blair has visited injured troops at the MoD's specialist hospital units at Selly Oak and Headley Court, now augmented by the spectacular unit at Birmingham's brand new QE hospital, but done so without publicity, thereby ensuring he gets criticised for not going.

    Tony Blair's donation: guilt, piety ? or both? 2010

  • A spokesman for the Royal British Legion said: Battlefield medicine is excellent, Selly Oak is excellent, Headley Court is excellent.

    Afghanistan injured cost government £500,000 a week Polly Curtis 2010

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