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Following the reported outcome of the Southampton Coroner's Inquest into the tragic death of five year old Leon Hamman, the Executive Medical Director at St Mary's responds.
St Mary’s Hospital
Based in Newport, St Mary’s is the only hospital on the Isle of Wight, serving the whole Island.
As well as general hospital services, St Mary’s is also home to the Beacon Health Centre, a walk-in surgery open 8am-8pm daily.
Below are the articles that OnTheWight has published in connection with it.
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Staff in the Emergency Dept at St Mary's were put through their paces today after a mock major incident was declared at 9.15am. They had 14 serious cases to deal with.
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The Island’s healthcare system is under sustained pressure and Islanders are being asked to help by making sure they only use hospital services if they really need to, and consider making use of the 111 non-emergency helpline.
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Porters at St Mary’s Hospital raised £600 after letting their moustaches run wild throughout Movember 2013, a campaign which helps raise awareness among men of the warning signs of prostate cancer.
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Anyone who has driven on roads on the Isle of Wight will recognise Wendy's observations. Read her eight quirks of driving on the Isle of Wight and see if you can add some more to the list.
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Many people don't realise that St Mary's hospital has a world youth darts champion working within their midst. Taking part in a Grand Slam match this week, Keegan Brown has only gone and beaten the five times world champion!
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A Cancer Awareness Day is being held on Thursday 10th October between 10am – 2pm in the Conference Room at St Mary’s Hospital.
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Here's your guide to working around the problems which Isle of Wight medical services are having, if you fall ill.
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The Island has seen an increase of 66.5% of Islanders registered with dementia and a total increase from 0.6% to 1% total prevalence compared to the national prevalence of 0.4% in 2006/07 to 0.5% in 2011/12.
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In support of World Mental Health Day (10th October), health professionals will be available to talk about a range of support available to patients, relatives and carers about mental health.
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Isle of Wight NHS Trust has been awarded £987,362 to support the creation and adaptation of accommodation to make it ‘dementia friendly’.
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If you are a lover of folk music, then this forthcoming gig at St Mary’s Church in Brading will be...
