From this month ladies between 47 – 49 years will be offered breast screening on the Island as part of the National Beast-Screening Programme. The Isle of Wight Breast Screening Unit at St. Mary’s Hospital is the first centre within the South Central (West) region to reduce the age limit of inviting ladies for breast screening…

NHS Isle of Wight and Chamber Health will be supporting smokers across the Island to break free and quit smoking for good on No Smoking Day – Wednesday 10th March 2010. The Chamber Health mobile unit will be in St Thomas’ Square, Newport, and Local NHS Stop Smoking Service will have a display outside St Mary’s, Full Circle Restaurant…

Up to 40,000 patients a year can now benefit from free unlimited calls to their friends and family thanks to the launch of new entertainment packages for patients in St Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight…

Zimmer Frames used by the Wight Strollers amateur dramatics company, are being donated to the Physiotherapy Department at St. Mary’s Hospital. After winning 16 cups, with the ‘Young at Heart’ Island Carnival float, the troop of ‘grannies’ are donating 11 Zimmer frames to St. Mary’s Hospital and 9 to the Red Cross…

A new Island Chlamydia campaign has been launched to encourage cinema goers to go to the ‘big screen’.
The new campaign aims to encourage more under 25s to say yes to a Chlamydia screening after a survey warned that ignorance among young people is fuelling the spread of Chlamydia.
Joanne Howe, Chlamydia Screening Project Worker for NHS [...]

With many of us resolving to cut down on our alcohol intake this January, people on the Isle of Wight have just over one week left to sign a manifesto looking at how problems linked to drinking too much should be tackled…

Island Pharmacies were recognised at Prestigious Awards Evening held at The Royal Hotel, Ventnor on Saturday 16th January. The Island Pharmacy Awards recognise the hard work, dedication, innovation and excellence that is demonstrated on the Island…

A special drop-in antenatal clinic has been arranged by the Maternity Department at St. Mary’s Hospital to enable ‘mums to be’ to catch up with their appointments following the winter weather…