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.
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.
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”.
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.