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At the weekend, Matt Hancock MP, declared he would rid the NHS of fax machines by 2020, replacing them with the latest thing: email. OnTheWight finds out whether the Isle of Wight has 'Axed the Fax'.
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IOW Save Our NHS Group believe the consultation survey on scrapping cross-Solent travel for the most vulnerable is "flawed and that it is limited, leading and misleading" and say it has not been publicised widely enough by IWC.
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Isle of Wight NHS Trust are working with police after a body was found outside a building at the hospital site.
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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.
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Despite reports by ambulance staff of almost daily aggression and assaults, the Isle of Wight has the lowest number of addresses that crew won't attend without a police escort.
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NHS England say it's recently increased the dental capacity on the Island, but one patient was told she'd have to wait up to two years for a check up appointment.
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The NHS in the Isle of Wight is spending more on Type 1 and 2 diabetes prescriptions than it did three years ago, NHS figures show.
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Chair of Island Labour says if the cuts go ahead, then essentially Islanders will become the first English county to lose free at the point of delivery NHS, if they "have to pay through the nose" to be able to access hospital services.
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The public meeting proved very productive and resulted in more volunteers to help with the campaign to protect health services on the Isle of Wight.
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New figures reveal how often firefighters are being called to false alarms at the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, but it looks like good news in comparison to recent years.
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All front-line staff have been offered the vaccination, but those who choose not to take up the offer will have to explain their decision to their line manager.
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Figures show that nearly a third of NHS staff at the Isle of Wight Trust experienced bullying, harassment or abuse from patients last year.
