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St Mary’s Hospital

St Mary's by Auntie P 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.

Image: © Used with the kind permission of Auntie P

23, August 2013·2 min read

Melvyn Hayes Opens memorial garden at the Children’s Ward

Garden created in the memory of James Sparks has been given a make-over and reopened by Melvyn Hayes.

1, October 2013·1 min read

Islanders invited to Cancer Awareness Day

A Cancer Awareness Day is being held on Thursday 10th October between 10am – 2pm in the Conference Room at St Mary’s Hospital.

20, November 2013·5 min read

Baby T: Serious Case Review exposes injuries were ‘predictable and preventable’

The Serious Case Review reveals that had "professionals assessed the dangers correctly and taken appropriate action" the harm caused to Baby T would have been prevented.

MRI scanner FMS Research team: Launch at St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight

3, December 2013·2 min read

Fibromyalgia research project now underway (podcast)

We speak with Dr Gary Lee, the project lead, as a new neurological research project gets underway on the Isle of Wight.

9, December 2013·1 min read

Anglers without lifejackets rescued by coastguard

Coastguard say anglers were extremely lucky people on shore were able to hear their calls for help from quite some distance away

13, January 2014·2 min read

Isle of Wight: Highest prevalence of recorded Dementia cases in UK

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.

16, January 2014·1 min read

Hospital emergency staff tested in mock major incident exercise

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.

6, February 2014·2 min read

St Mary’s under pressure: Islanders asked to avoid unnecessary visits

The Emergency Dept and Beacon Health Centre are under tremendous pressure with a rise in visits say the NHS.

6, March 2014·1 min read

Hospital porters raise money for cancer clinical nurse specialists

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.

10, March 2014·1 min read

Norovirus returns to St Mary’s Hospital

Those with Norovirus symptoms are advised to stay away from the hospital.

14, March 2014·1 min read

‘Norovirus is circulating in the Island community’ say St Mary’s Hospital

St Mary’s warns that with Norovirus in the community, extra care needs to be taken to control it and stop it getting to those already ill in hospital.

17, March 2014·2 min read

Deep clean for hospital as more beds closed due to Norovirus

As of Sunday morning five ward areas were closed to new admissions and 21 empty beds were closed.

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