LONDON, May 23 (UPI) -- Britain's Defense Ministry may not have up-to-date records of its injured soldiers, resulting in "insufficient care" for the wounded.
Quoting a leaked classified report to the head of the army, Gen. Mike Jackson, The Scotsman newspaper said the soldiers also are regarded as lower priority than civilians for treatment by the National Health Service.
The newspaper quoted the report as saying "units are still finding it difficult to track casualties, both in and out of theater (Iraq)," and that there are examples of the Territorial Army and regular soldiers receiving insufficient care because their unit did not know where they were."
The revelations come in the wake of accusations that the government has covered up the true extent of British casualties in the Iraqi war, the newspaper said.
The Defense Ministry, however, continues to claim that it has published the latest available figures on casualties and that providing the injured soldiers with the best treatment has always been its priority.
