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A national round of applause for doctors, nurses, carers, GPs, pharmacists and other NHS staff takes place tonight. Details within
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Below are Isle of Wight stories relating to health, wellbeing and social care.
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Patients on the Isle of Wight have joined nurses in support of ongoing strike action by the Royal College of Nursing. Over 3,000 messages of support have been gathered by patient-led group Just Treatment as part of their “Patients on the Pickets” campaign
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Users of this home care agency told Inspectors that staff developed caring relationships with people using the service and treated them with kindness, compassion and respect.
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Ryde-based Clean Clothes Inc teams up with charity to support 'Dry January'
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Clic Sargeant have launched their Christmas campaign to help keep families with children going through cancer treatment together over the festive season, and beyond
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A YouGov poll shows one in three young people in the UK are scared or sad about climate change, with 24 per cent considering having fewer children
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Women are being affected more than men with Long Covid symptoms relating to lungs, heart, exhaustion and more
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Cllr Love says the funding is simply a "sticking plaster" on a huge problem and that the £2m funding is not new money, but "government propaganda"
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Cllr Love says that less than half the support fund was used last year and that the NHS agreed to match fund it but hasn't
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The man in charge of Community Safety for the Isle of Wight council told attendees at an online business meeting yesterday that there has only been one new case of Covid-19 on the Island in the last week. It led to a great deal of confusion for those listening in
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Although the Isle of Wight has the second lowest vaccine total in the area, just under 50,000 doses have been given to Islanders since December
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Isle of Wight unveils plans for £10m Community Diagnostic Centre, enhancing healthcare access with advanced facilities by mid-2024
