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St John Ambulance have highly-skilled and professional ambulance crews which include paramedics, emergency ambulance crew, technicians, and other staff
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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Another large rise in the number of positive Isle of Wight Coronavirus tests takes the rolling seven-day figure to over 100 times what it was a month ago. Details within
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If you have received a letter inviting you to book a Covid-19 vaccination, you'll now be able to have it at The Riverside Centre in Newport
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The manager of Healthwatch says this is a "really positive result for people on the Island" and is something they have been recommending to health services
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Although still low in comparison to other parts of the country, the Island is seeing a rise in the number of positive Coronavirus tests
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News OnTheWight finds out why it's not possible to discover the Coronavirus 'R' number on the Isle of Wight. Details within
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Cancer recovery is as much about what happens after treatment. This Isle of Wight charity gives young people in recovery from cancer the opportunity to take part in sailing trips to rebuild their confidence.
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The founder of Aspire Ryde says many of their mental health services are being forced to close at the end of the month "directly due to promised funding from the Isle of Wight clinical commissioning group being withdrawn without notice".
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Over £35,000 was raised during the IW Youth Trust Gala dinner and auction last week.
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The Island’s healthcare system is under sustained pressure and Islanders are being asked to help by making sure they only use hospital services if they really need to, and consider making use of the 111 non-emergency helpline.
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At yesterday's Trust board meeting some healthcare staff said the Government advice on PPE was too late, causing huge anxieties and stress levels within staff.
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Care staff said they delay changing pads to make them last — because of NHS allocations. The NHS Trust say if a patient needed more, they would be provided with them
