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Isle of Wight NHS

The majority of services provided by Isle of Wight NHS Trust are commissioned and funded by Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board, NHS England and Isle of Wight Council.

Below are articles mentioning the Isle of Wight NHS Trust.

5, October 2017·1 min read

Isle of Wight NHS in recruitment and financial crises

An increase in staff sickness, 101 job vacancies, £1m per month spend on agency staff, potentially £26m in the red at the end of the financial year - already in Special Measures for an 'inadequate' leadership, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust is in turmoil.

11, October 2017·2 min read

Isle of Wight NHS Trust welcomes new chair

The new chair of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust has been announced by NHS Improvement.

1, November 2017·2 min read

Isle of Wight NHS CCG makes cancer patients’ lives immeasurably harder (update)

After a year of trying to secure funding from IW NHS CCG, Wessex Cancer Trust say they are no longer able to provide the minibus service that gets Isle of Wight cancer patients to and from treatment in Portsmouth. Treatment they have to travel to the Mainland for, because IW NHS doesn't provide it.

16, November 2017·1 min read

Free: Find out more about the ‘NHS selloff’ tonight

It's not too late to register for your free tickets to see tonight's screening of Peter Bach's fascinating documentary 'Sell Off: the abolition of your NHS'.

19, December 2017·1 min read

Healthwatch recommendations for Isle of Wight A&E improvement revealed

Local people share their experiences about the Isle of Wight Accident and Emergency department with Isle of Wight Healthwatch, who share their report and recommendations.

26, January 2018·5 min read

Plans for future of Isle of Wight health services revealed

The Local Care Board say the option being recommended would mean that seriously ill patients requiring more complex, urgent specialist treatment would be transferred to the mainland to improve quality of care for patients, but that around 90% of "current hospital activity would be retained on the Island".

27, January 2018·2 min read

Call to join the fight to stop our Isle of Wight NHS being dismantled

The IOW Save our NHS Group say we cannot just sit back and allow government policies to dismantle our NHS and hand it on a plate to the likes of Virgin Care. A march takes place on 3rd February from the hospital to Newport centre. All are welcome.

1, February 2018·3 min read

Major changes for health services on the Isle of Wight approved

The CCG say that the plans will see more complex, urgent care patients transferred for specialist care to the mainland (around 11%) but that those who currently travel to the mainland for routine care should, in future, be able to have that care delivered on the Island.

1, February 2018·3 min read

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