I gyd-fynd â’r penderfyniad i adolygu’r ddarpariaeth o gyfleusterau preswyl, nododd y Grŵp Arbenigol ar y Lluoedd Arfog, a sefydlwyd gan y Gweinidog Llywodraeth Leol, ac sy’n rhoi cyngor i’r Gweinidog ar faterion sy’n ymwneud â’r lluoedd arfog a chyn-filwyr, fod angen ystyried darparu gwasanaethau cyngor a gwybodaeth sy’n bodloni holl anghenion y cyn-filwyr.  Felly, cytunwyd i gyfuno’r ddwy ffrwd waith a gofyn i’r Athro Kennedy, fel unigolyn ar lefel uchel yn GIG Cymru a’r lluoedd arfog, i adolygu’r ddau fater gyda’i gilydd.
Coinciding with the decision to review residential provision, the Local Government and Communities Minister’s Expert Group on the Armed Forces, which advises the Minister on Armed Forces and veteran issues, identified the need to consider the provision of information and advice services which meet all veterans’ needs.  It was, therefore, agreed to combine these work streams and ask Professor Kennedy, herself a senior figure within both the Welsh NHS and military, to review the two issues together.