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Dr Legg from the Integrated Care Board said, “It has been great to see so many people keen to get vaccinated and we would urge everyone to remember there will be plenty of opportunities to boost your immunity ahead of winter"
Health and Social Care
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Below are Isle of Wight stories relating to health, wellbeing and social care.
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More than £50,000 has already been awarded, with another £50,000 up for grabs for groups supporting mental wellbeing
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Parentkind’s latest collation of parent voice research highlights increasing concerns on child mental health and boosts parents’ calls for integrated support
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If worries or feelings of anxiety are constant, overwhelming or out of proportion to the situation then this can affect your daily life. Isle of Wight NHS share details of how you can get help
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Dee Caffari reminds us that it's sometimes easy for us to lose perspective and that “a problem shared is a problem halved"
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Cllr Mark Jefferies did the leg work, Chris Owens did a sponsored walk and the local community donated £1,750 to help locate a new defibrillator in Upper Ventnor
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See a roundup of the number of reported positive Covid tests, age breakdowns, hospital admissions, vaccinations and deaths on the Isle of Wight
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See a roundup of the number of reported positive Covid tests, age breakdowns, hospital admissions, vaccinations and deaths on the Isle of Wight
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As part of their practical experience, they will get the chance to shadow healthcare professionals across a range of services and roles, including community nursing, mental health and the Allied Health Professions
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The Medical Director says, "We have high numbers of patients who are not in need of hospital care, and we are asking the local community to help us with making sure that those patients get home or to the most appropriate care setting to support their ongoing needs as soon as possible"
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This reader asks "how many times do we have to make the same trip with the same vulnerable person until we strike it lucky? It’s an utter shambles"
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The message is to not join the queue for walk-in Covid vaccinations today in East Cowes as all 200 doses are now spoken for
