2nd Medical Brigade is a unit of the British Army formed under Force Troops Command as part of the Army 2020 reorganisation that predominantly provides deployed hospital care via 13 Field Hospitals. It also provides pre-hospital emergency care via 335 Medical Evacuation Regiment.
The brigade, which has significantly raised the quality of pre-deployment medical training, was established in April 2005. Since then it has provided a high standard of field medical care at field hospitals in Afghanistan.
The brigade includes the following units:
Nationally Recruited Army Reserve Units
306 Hospital Support Regiment
335 Medical Evacuation Regiment - (paired with 1, 4 and 5 Armoured Medical Regiments)
Medical Operational Support Group
Local Army Reserve Units
202 (Midlands) Field Hospital in Birmingham (paired with 22 Field Hospital)
207 (Manchester) Field Hospital in Manchester (paired with 22 Field Hospital)
208 (Liverpool) Field Hospital in Liverpool (paired with 22 Field Hospital)
203 (Welsh) Field Hospital in Cardiff (paired with 33 Field Hospital)
243 (Wessex) Field Hospital in Keynsham (paired with 33 Field Hospital)
256 (City of London) Field Hospital in Walworth (paired with 33 Field Hospital)
201 (Northern) Field Hospital in Newcastle (paired with 34 Field Hospital)
204 (North Irish) Field Hospital in Belfast (paired with 34 Field Hospital)
205 (Scottish) Field Hospital in Glasgow (paired with 34 Field Hospital)
212 (Yorkshire) Field Hospital in Sheffield (paired with 34 Field Hospital)
Regular Army Units
22 Field Hospital in Aldershot
33 Field Hospital in Gosport - (A written statement in December 2016 stated that it will be rationalised, with all manpower in this unit being redeployed to other areas of the British Army.)
34 Field Hospital in Strensall
