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The TUC say that household debt is at crisis level and that years of austerity and wage stagnation has pushed millions of families deep into the red. OnTheWight has figures for the Isle of Wight.
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New data reveals that new house building has increased on the Isle of Wight, in the last year. OnTheWight has details of by how much.
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Santa's famous red suit will be straining at the seams this Christmas thanks to the generosity of boys and girls on the Isle of Wight this year.
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A mental health charity believes people are more likely to reach out for help and not feel ashamed, but the rise in demand must be matched by “much needed improvements to services”.
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New figures show the proportion of girls on the Isle of Wight getting vaccinated against the potentially cancer-causing HPV virus has fallen in recent years.
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It's not surprising that more people die in the Winter, but these figures show a significant spike, raising questions of why?
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According to the latest figures, there have been more than 100 hospital admissions on the Isle of Wight for drug-related mental health issues in the last year.
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Housing charities said a reduction in benefits has made the rent burden more severe for people in need and called for more social homes to be built to keep up with demand.
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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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The number of patients on the Isle of Wight who order their prescriptions online has increased more than fivefold over the past two years, according to NHS data.
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The number of Isle of Wight properties sold this year has fallen, as political uncertainty puts off potential buyers, says chief economist.
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Many Islanders might argue the opposite, but according to NHS figures patients in the Isle of Wight had some access to out of hours appointments with a doctor at the end of September.
