Defence Medical Academy

The Defence Medical Academy is based at Whittington Barracks. It is the training centre of Defence Medical Services. It trains military personnel to deal with situations that civilian paramedics would be involved with; i.e. more advanced situations than those which just require first aid.

History
The Defence Medical Services Training Centre was formed from the training centres for the three services and was initially subordinate to the Defence Medical Training Organisation when the latter was created in 1996. However the Defence Medical Services Training Centre became subordinate to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in 2008. Initially based at Keogh Barracks on Mytchett Place Road, Mytchett, Surrey, it moved to Whittington Barracks as the Defence College of Healthcare Education and Training in 2014. It was renamed the Defence Medical Academy in September 2019.

Structure
The college is a Ministry of Defence Agency that provides Phase 2 training for medical personnel for all three armed forces (Combat Medical Technicians - CMTs and Medical Assistants - MAs), excluding that for medical doctors (from university medical schools). It trains the:
 * Army Medical Services
 * Royal Navy Medical Service
 * RAF Medical Services

The Army Medical Services Museum is still based at Keogh Barracks.

Commandants of the Royal Army Medical Corps Training Centre

 * Brigadier Desmond Murphy (1970 to 1973)
 * Brigadier Richard Bradshaw (1973 to 1975)
 * Colonel Geoffrey Banks (c.1985 to c.1988)