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Bob Seely took the opportunity to remind the Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, of the historic imbalances in regional funding that had left the Island disadvantaged
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Delays to ambulance response times have been in the national news today. OnTheWight have been talking with the IW NHS to understand what the various 999 response time categories mean
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The Isle of Wight Council’s health and social care scrutiny committee has set up a task and finish group to investigate delays in discharging people from hospital
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The CCG say this is about stopping prescriptions for ailments such as a sore throat, dandruff, athlete’s foot, indigestion or fungal infections, for which anyone can buy medication from any supermarket or pharmacy
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The Chief Executive says she's really proud of how the catering team has pulled together and turned things around
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The merger has been approved by the Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group as part of NHS England’s Long Term Plan, to "help patients better manage their conditions without the need for hospital care"
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Two Isle of Wight participants in the diabetes prevention programme have lost 19kg and 20kg each. 116 residents took part, see how much they all lost
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The Isle of Wight has seen the highest increase of those on the dementia register per 10,000 people
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Although there was a rise in the number of patients waiting more than four hours at A&E last month, when all the emergency departments are taken into account overall waiting times dropped
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The trees were judged on their innovation, on the theme of equality and diversity
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Around 1,500 Islanders received treatment for alcohol dependency in 2017/18 say latest figures
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Out of date foods, unclear labeling, fish being thawed at room temperature, risk of allergen contamination and cleaning products not being used properly were just some of the concerns raised by the Food Hygiene inspector at the hospital
