The team are also conducting research studies into breast screening, lung cancer, dementia, parkinson’s disease, inflammatory bowel disease and long term hodgkins lymphoma.

Abseiling down the Spinnaker Tower on her 80th birthday has sparked an adventure for Mrs Sorensen, whose next target is abseiling down the Eiffel Tower

The award is recognition for the hard work of all staff in ensuring over 50,000 medical devices have been kept clean over the last year

Brighstone Primary School will be the first school to receive their free CPR training next week.

When someone goes into cardiac arrest their survival rate without a defibrillator is likely to be less than 7%, however this can increase up to 74% with early defibrillation.

The new quiet and calming space is already a success with dementia patients, offering them somewhere to spend quality time with family and staff, in a much more therapeutic space.

Staff from all areas of the Isle of Wight NHS came together last week to hear how leaving the EU will affect them and what they need to do to secure their rights and gain settlement status in the UK.

The service manager for the Early Intervention Psychosis service stresses how important it is to get help as soon as you have your first psychotic episode. The newly improved premises in Orchard Street is more convenient and will meets the needs of those using the service.

The change will see the two end of life teams, one by Mountbatten, the other NHS Trust, work more closely.

In the last ten years MRI referrals have increased by 120% with on average 7,500 number of MRI scans being performed at St. Mary’s Hospital each year. That's around 900 each month.

The new Director joins at a critical time. Her range of experience will be important as the Trust moves forward to ensure that all patients on the Isle of Wight get the best possible care.