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The teenager has raised the issue with her GP throughout 2020 and being given multiple courses of antibiotics, but told she'd not had tonsillitis enough times this year to even get a referral to the ENT consultant on the Island
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The new service - starting in April 2021 - will feature several innovations. Details within
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It’s important to plan ahead and check your medicine supplies to ensure you have enough to last throughout the bank holiday weekend and beyond. List of pharmacies open on the Bank Holiday Monday.
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A GP in Newport was the first healthcare worker to receive the Covid-19 vaccination on the Isle of Wight
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The vaccinations will be carried out strictly by invitation only, so Isle of Wight residents are asked to not contact their surgeries
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One of the GPs involved in the merger said, “This is a good news story for patients. Whilst some of our specialist clinics may only be available at one site, in general our patients will in future have greater choice by choosing which medical centre they attend."
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Over 330 patients with the flu are being treated in hospitals in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, with the number of patients in intensive care increasing, amid significant pressure on all local health services
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Freshwater dental team faces emotional toll amid NHS practice transition
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UK child mental health care varies significantly by postcode, with improvements noted on the Isle of Wight
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The funding is part of a £3m programme across seven sites in the UK designed to help areas, like the Isle of Wight, that have particularly struggled to recruit and retain GPs.
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The founder of Aspire Ryde says many of their mental health services are being forced to close at the end of the month "directly due to promised funding from the Isle of Wight clinical commissioning group being withdrawn without notice".
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Isle of Wight NHS Trust cited recruitment problems when they confirmed to OnTheWight last month that referrals to the alcohol treatment service had ceased. We have an update.
