Health and Wellbeing News
Dentists to offer emergency treatments
An emergency dental service has expanded its provision for Island patients as measures to limit the spread of coronavirus are gradually eased.
Dentistry poses...
Friday, 22 May 2020
Chief Minister's statement on COVID-19 - 18 May 2020
Good afternoon
As well as the Health & Social Care Minister, today we also have Margaret Knight, the head of our Infection Prevention & Control team to...
Monday, 18 May 2020
Minister Ashford's Statement on COVID-19 - 15 May 2020
Good afternoon everyone.
Before we begin I will give you todays statistics:
The total number of tests undertaken is 4032
The total number of concluded tests...
Friday, 15 May 2020
Advice on safe return of medicines to pharmacies
Members of the public who wish to return unwanted or out-of-date medicines to their local pharmacy are being reminded about safety measures in place during the...
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
One new coronavirus case confirmed - 4pm 13 May 2020
Since the last update (6:30pm Tuesday 12 May) there has been one further confirmed positive test for coronavirus.
The total number of confirmed cases now...
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Minister Ashford's Statement on COVID-19 - 12 May 2020
Good afternoon everyone: today’s briefing takes place on International nurses day and so today our focus is all about nursing.
May 12th 2020 is the...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
Statement by Director of Nursing Cath Quilliam
Good afternoon and thank you Minister
Today is International Nurses Day – a significant event for nurses in the Isle of Man and around the world.
It is...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
Chief Minister's statement on COVID-19 - 6 May 2020
Good afternoon everyone.
As well as a regular appearance from the Health & Social Care Minister, I am delighted to welcome back to the media briefing our...
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
Minister Ashford's Statement on COVID-19 - 1 May 2020
The first day of May and we are now entering into the third month of our response to Covid-19. For many people in our community it has been a deeply...
Friday, 1 May 2020
Kathryn Magson - press briefing - 1 May 2020
I think one of the most important things to focus on at the moment is the language about exit strategies and public expectations about what this...
Friday, 1 May 2020