Health services are experiencing sustained pressure, after a rise today in the number of patients attending the Emergency Department at St. Mary’s Hospital.
Following the retirement of Non-Executive Director Sue Wadsworth, Isle of Wight NHS Trust, working with the Trust Development Authority (TDA), has moved quickly to fill this top level Board vacancy.
Work is progressing to create the new Ryde Community Clinic, where patients, their carers and service users will benefit from a more co-ordinated approach to delivering healthcare.
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust would like to apologise to those affected by delays and reassure patients that staff are working extremely hard to minimise any impact.
The Serenity project has prevented 60-70 police detentions of mental health over the last year and saved around £40,000 through prevention of admissions or cost of police deployment.
Local GP, David Isaac, is supporting the national ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ campaign which is currently highlighting the need for people to be aware of the signs and symptoms of the relatively unknown but increasingly common cancers of the gullet (oesophagus) and stomach.