COVID-19

The Isle of Wight has recently received a Silver award from the Institute of Excellence in Public Service for the way in which it responded to the COVID crisis. As previously reported, the submission was made by the Isle of...

Care homes on the Isle of Wight are beginning to roll out coronavirus booster jabs to staff and residents. Just one of the Isle of Wight's Care Homes, Orchard House, recently welcomed doctors from Newport Health Centre who arrived to...

Pupils at an Isle of Wight school have been asked to resume the wearing of face masks as the number of coronavirus cases reported within the school community increase. Parents of pupils at Christ The King College in Carisbrooke have...

"Don't guess, take a COVID test" - that's the message from the Island's director of public health as the lights go down on another fantastic Isle of Wight Festival weekend. Regardless of whether you attended the event, Simon Bryant said...

The deadline for mandatory COVID vaccinations in care home staff are moving ever closer, adding to staffing pressures in social care on the Isle of Wight, Those working in care homes or any professional visiting a care home regulated by...

The Isle of Wight has been recognised as a national leader in transformation and partnership with 2 Institution of Excellence in Public Services (iESE) Transformation Awards for its work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Island response to coronavirus was awarded...

New data released by the Office for National Statistics shows that just 0.5% of COVID deaths in the first 6 months of 2021 involved fully vaccinated individuals, supporting the fact that the COVID-19 vaccine is saving lives. Throughout the pandemic,...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has only got a 10-day supply of blood bottles due to the national shortage. The trust says, however, it is being well managed having achieved better usage of the stock it currently has, although...

The care crisis on the Isle of Wight is causing gridlock in the Island’s only hospital – being described as almost the perfect storm by one of the top health bosses. A critical level of staff vacancies across the adult...

Islanders aged over 50 will be offered a coronavirus booster jab as part of a 30-million-dose national rollout, it has been confirmed. The booster vaccine is part of the Government's plans to help control the spread of the virus through...