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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Solent NHS Trust provided a variety health and mental health services across the Solent region, including on the Isle of Wight.

In July 2024 areas overseen by Solent NHS Trust and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust were taken over by a new NHS trust – Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Below are articles relating to Solent NHS Trust and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

14, December 2021·2 min read

If you don’t need your Covid appointment anymore, cancel it so others can use the slot

In the last week alone 2,000 Covid appointments were missed in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight, which could have been offered to other people

Pebble with vax and relax painted on to it

21, May 2021·3 min read

Islanders under 40 are finding it hard to get their Covid-19 jabs. News OnTheWight has been seeking answers (updated)

Under 40s have risks with Oxford-AstraZeneca jabs, so Pfizer and Moderna are options. There’s running confusion on how to get them on the Isle of Wight. Here’s a tale of one Islander’s frustration and possible routes to vaccination

13, May 2021·1 min read

Isle of Wight 38 and 39-year-olds being turned away from Riverside vaccination centre

Although 38 and 39-year-olds have been given appointments at the Riverside vaccination centre, when they arrived, they've been turned away

Nurse preparing covid-19 Vaccine - solent nhs trust

23, April 2021·1 min read

Isle of Wight Covid-19 appointments available at Riverside

Some have had difficulty getting an appointment at the Covid-19 vaccination centre in Newport, but Solent NHS Trust say a number are now available

Covid vaccine by DKphotography, Isle of Wight

31, January 2021·3 min read

Isle of Wight Covid-19 vaccination centre opens Monday

Residents are encouraged to have the Covid-19 vaccination at the new centre in Newport, and not to travel off the Island if they are offered vaccination appointments on the mainland

6, February 2020·3 min read

Isle of Wight NHS Trust partners with Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust to ‘improve hospital-based services’ for Islanders

The Trust Boards are exploring how they can plan together to better share expertise, ways of working and resources to improve services for local people

30, September 2020·2 min read

Isle of Wight parents urged to take up offer of free flu vaccination for children

The families of all Year R to Year 7 children are encouraged to ensure their child receives the nasal spray vaccination so they are protected against the flu this autumn

22, September 2022·1 min read

Isle of Wight primary pupils to be offered flu vaccinations

Vaccinating children not only helps to protect them against this illness, say Solent NHS Trust, but also helps to stop them passing on flu to older relatives