The Isle of Wight was featured in a very positive article in the Guardian newspaper yesterday.
Titled, “A revolution on the Isle of Wight? How island became health hub pioneer”, the Guardian article explores the success of the Isle of Wight’s ‘integrated care hub’ (ICH).
Integrated hub
The hub, based at St Mary’s Hospital in Newport, is home to twelve sets of people: 999 emergency call operators; NHS 111 call handlers; paramedic clinical advisers; a crisis response team; GP out-of-hours services; district nurses; mental health workers; social workers; pharmacists; the private pendant alarm company Wightcare; occupational therapists and the charity Age UK.
Revolutionary service
Having all these services, not only under the same roof, but actually in the same room, is pioneering in the UK leading the Isle of Wight to be described as ‘revolutionary’.
The Guardian article highlights how effectively the hub works and the positive outcomes having the different services working in close proximity can result in.
Other highlights
The My Life a Full Life programme is featured, as is KissyPuppy, the charity set up to fundraise for the treatment for six year old Sophie Rolf, who sadly passed away after fighting a brain tumour. The fundraising continued in her memory and now helps fund facilities at the Hospice for children with terminal illnesses.
Well worth a read
The Guardian feature is well worth a read. You may well learn something you didn’t already know.
This is not the first time the ICH has been featured in the media, the BBC came over last year to film over several days for a BBC TV feature.
