As local NHS services head into a very busy weekend, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust’s medical director is asking for help to keep urgent and emergency care available for people with life-threatening illnesses or injuries.
The hospital is asking for everyone’s support with this including local GPs, care homes and Island residents.
Families and friends are being asked to support the NHS by collecting patients from hospital as soon as they are ready to be discharged and to consider offering short term support and care for their loved ones at home.
It comes as the British Medical Association confirms junior doctors are on strike until 07:00 on Saturday 17th June.
Steve Parker, Medical Director said:
“This next round of industrial action comes at a time when the weather is very hot and when the Island is welcoming large numbers of visitors for the festival. This may cause increased pressure on our services and affect how quickly we can respond to people who need our care.
“We are not planning to cancel appointments and procedures so if you do have an appointment, please attend unless you are contacted to rearrange.”
“111/999 will be able to provide advice, so please use this service but do keep in mind that the phone lines are likely to be very busy. Anyone with a non-urgent care need should first visit NHS 111 online.”
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Islanders are being asked to support the NHS by taking care of themselves in hot weather and:
- Consider supporting your friends or family at home if you are able to – there is financial help available
- Applying sunscreen, keeping hydrated and walking in the shade
- Keeping out of the sun at the hottest time of the day, between 11:00 and 15:00
- If undertaking a physical activity, plan to do these during times of the day when it is cooler such as the morning or evening
- Supporting friends, family and neighbours with shopping and collecting prescriptions if needed
- Think about the most appropriate NHS service for your needs and to only call 999 in the event of a life-threatening illness or injury
- Visit NHS 111 online or call NHS 111 for heath advice, or alternatively contact your local pharmacist or GP
erm, how about no – you do your jobs instead of striking and stop expecting islanders to pick up the slack
Get the managers out of their little cosy offices to actually do some work then, rather that going to meetings about nothing.
All are a bunch of useless good for nothing lazy B’stards who are soaking up their
high wages and excellent pensions, compliments of us tax payers who do real work.
See, the thing you fail to understand is they don’t actually care what you, and people like you, think about them.
Not exactly going to refuse treatment from a “useless good for nothing lazy B’stard” if they are currently trying to save your own worthless life, are you?
From what I have seen, most of them need help themselves.
Majority of them are unfit, overweight and they smoke like chimneys,
yet they are meant to be providing care, majority of them need caring for themselves.
Lol
That’s not a junior doctor.
That’s a full length mirror.
Lol.
No I pay for the service so I will use the service I will carry on as normal
No point asking doctors and GPs for help, the doctors are on strike and the GPs have been on strike since covid began.
Years ago, hospitals were run by Matrons. If the matron said “jump” you asked how high?
The island had FIVE hospitals and the populations was about two thirds of what it is now.
Now one hospital totally over whelmed and under funded.
The whole situation is a shambles.
And not good enough.
And they keep wanting to build more and more homes.
Sounds like Festival goers have priority over Islanders if they need Care.
If Festival goers uffer heatstroke or problems due to self inflicted drinking problems
they should be put at the back of the queue.
I for one will be glad when this farce is over and the Island can get back to normal.
St Mary’s are overwhelmed most of the year, so to bring 60,000-70,000 extra persons onto
the Island is not a very good idea.
The logistics on the Island cannot cope in normal times.
Alternatively, take your sick loved one to Calais, put them in a dinghy. They will be guaranteed instant first class healthcare as soon as they arrive back on these shores
Probably won’t work with your family.
As soon as they do a DNA test and compare the result with police records they will know who they are.
Ok ill put off being ill or hurting myself for a few days then………