Health and Wellbeing News
Time running out to comment on Island's accessibility guide
The Department of Health and Social Care is reminding the public about the opportunity to comment on the quality and effectiveness of the disability access...
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Monitoring finds no evidence of harmful levels of radiation
Radioactivity levels in Manx foodstuffs and at beaches and harbours are well within acceptable limits and give no cause for alarm.
That’s the conclusion of...
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Joint Statement in conjunction with all Isle of Man General Practitioners (GPs) Upgrading of GP patient IT system
The Department of Health and Social Care are supporting a decision made recently by GPs on the Island to upgrade their current patient IT system in October this...
Friday, 27 June 2014
Shared Equity Schemes - Consultation Response
The Department of Health and Social Care has today published a response to the recent consultation on replacing the current House Purchase Assistance Scheme,...
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital Welfare Trustees step in with new path
The Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital (RDCH) Welfare Trustees have made a donation to help fund a helicopter loading path. The path has been laid on the...
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Children stay healthy with HENRY
The Department of Health and Social Care will shortly introduce training for health and social care practitioners in the HENRY programme to help tackle...
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Tynwald approves significant upgrade to Noble's Hospital IT system
Tynwald has, at the June 2014 sitting, approved a sum not exceeding £3.2million to upgrade the patient administration IT system at Noble’s Hospital.
Moving...
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Tynwald votes in favour of banning 'legal high' AMT
Tynwald has today voted in favour of the Department of Health and Social Care’s Order under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1976, to ban the ‘legal high’...
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
GPs to meet for second education session of 2014
The Island’s GPs will all gather for an afternoon education session on Tuesday, 1 July. These are held every three months and have proved to be extremely...
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Minister 'tops out' new 4 million neonatal unit
The new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Noble’s Hospital was ‘topped out’ today by Minister for Health and Social Care, Howard Quayle MHK.
Minister...
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
