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The Community Mental Health Team have been thanked for their hard work, after the CQC inspectors found several improvements in the service following a recent inspection
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The Isle of Wight NHS Trust came under fire at the policy and scrutiny committee for children’s services last night after it was revealed children waiting for autism referrals had been let down for the last nine months.
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With the closure of Mental Health Day Centres around the corner, one service user says all he's been offered is to 'pop along to Aspire' - who had to shut their wellbeing services down after funding cut
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The stress and anxiety of waiting four years for an autism diagnosis left one Isle of Wight mother and her husband feeling suicidal. She talks about how the backlog of assessments and lack of support has affected her family.
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For those concerned they might not get their second Covid-19 jab within 12 weeks of the first, the head of the Isle of Wight CCG says there is "no risk of not being able to deliver it at this point"
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Health leaders say, "We don't need to be perfect, we don't need to to do everything all the time. We do need to act and to do some simple things most of the time and most of us need to do this"
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Scores of volunteers have supported the delivery of the biggest vaccination programmes in the history of the NHS. This video is just a small way to say 'thank you' to them all
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Money from pharmaceutical companies was supposed to be paid to the Isle of Wight CCG, instead it went to a company set up by a GP and head of medicines management at the CCG, it's been alleged
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Even before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, patients say they have great difficulties struggling to see their doctors. Details within
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Ten recommendations have been sent to the Isle of Wight CCG as a result of the survey, which had a huge response from Islanders. Healthwatch are waiting for their response.
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Angela Murphy from the Isle of Wight CCG will update members this week on the backlog of autism assessments, including details about a pilot to assess 50 children using an online programme.
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NHS figures show that almost 10,000 women on the Isle of Wight did not attend their last smear test. Cancer charities have said the "plummeting" attendance rate in England is enormously worrying.
