A new report has warned that the coming winter is likely to be even more difficult than the last for NHS trusts, staff and patients. On the Island we can all help by always seeking advice from the pharmacist or calling 111 first.
Those already receiving benefits that will be replaced by Universal Credit will be switched over once their circumstances change. New claimants for support will go onto Universal Credit.
Well done to all the young people who took party in the ‘Great Telling Off’ at the 2018 Isle of Wight Literary Festival, especially the champions as voted for by the audiences.
A range of services, vigils and events will take place across the Isle of Wight to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. OnTheWight has the details.
The Local Area Co-ordinators help individuals of all ages with mental health needs and/or disabilities and older people. They've had great success since the launch in 2015, but the Isle of Wight council wants to axe the service.
Some good news for the Isle of Wight, according to standards set by the DfE, more five-year-olds on the Island achieved a good level of development in 2018.
Isle of Wight Save Our NHS say that according to the latest Nuffield report there is an argument to retain existing Acute Services on the Isle of Wight rather than transfer them to the mainland as is the proposal.
Visit Isle of Wight have some great early stats on visitor numbers for this year, so they're releasing some teasers ahead of the main announcement in November.
OnTheWight chatted to an EU national who's been working in the Isle of Wight NHS for close to ten years, to try and understand what life has been like after the vote and before Brexit. In summary: unsettling and stressful.
Not only is it very time consuming when these award-winning ice dance and figure skaters leave the Island to train, but it can become very expensive. Your vote could help them win much-needed financial support.