Last updated 14.28am
After many NHS cancellations and closures today, news reaches us of plans for Friday 3rd December.
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Refuse Collections
Island Waste has suspended services today because of the conditions and advises householders to take their waste inside. Waste that was due to be collected today will not be picked up.
Homeowners should store their waste appropriately and will be collected on your usual collection day next week, weather permitting. Updates will be provided here as available.
Household Waste Recycling Centres
The Island’s three Household Waste Recycling Centres will be open as normal tomorrow. The public should take care when using the facilities due to the icy conditions, particularly where they have to walk into skips to deposit waste at Afton and Forest Park.
Public services
Call centre
County Hall call centre (821000) is open to take calls on council services.
Leisure Centres
The Heights (Sandown)
Open until 7pm tonight (Friday), swimming lessons today have been cancelled (customer are being). The car park remains slippery so extreme caution is advised. Information about Saturday’s lessons will be posted here later today and if they are cancelled customers will be contacted by staff.
Medina (Newport)
Open as normal (the car parks and approach road have been cleared of snow and ice), swimming lessons will be running as normal on Friday and Saturday. The shows in Medina Theatre are going ahead as planned (box office 01983 527020).
Waterside Pool (Ryde)
Open till 6.30pm this evening (Friday), swimming lessons on Friday and Saturday are scheduled to go ahead (If any of these are cancelled customers will be contacted by staff).
Westridge Squash (Ryde)
Open until 8pm this evening (Friday).
IW Crematorium
Crematorium open as normal today and will open over the weekend as normal
Registrars
Registrars open as normal but running a limited service. Access road to Seaclose Offices very slippery so great care should be taken.
Libraries
Freshwater Library is closed, Sandown Library is open, but will close for lunch (12.30 – 1.30) and then close at 4pm. Niton and Brighstone Libraries are closed on Fridays as normal
All other libraries are open, but will close at 4pm.
The Mobile Library and the Home Library Service are not running today.
Help Centres
Update pending
Tourist Information Centres
Ryde, Newport, Cowes and Shanklin Tourist Information Centres open as normal
Adult social care
Updates pending
Health Services
Community Clinics
Running on a skeleton staff – but patients should not attend unless it is absolutely safe to do so. All patients will be rebooked.
Outpatient Appointments
Patients should attend unless it is unsafe to do so.
Day Surgery at St. Mary’s
Open – patients should attend as normal.
Inpatient Surgery at St. Mary’s
Open – patients should attend as normal.
Pharmacies
All pharmacies open except ….
Ventnor Lloyds closed at the moment, due to be open by 10am
Ventnor Boots closed – update pending
This post will be updated as we receive more news.
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