Health and Wellbeing News

Children with disabilities and special needs take part in athletics festivals

Children with special educational needs and disabilities took part in athletics festivals run by the Sports Development Unit.  Athletics is part of the...
Friday, 11 July 2014

Second review into Health Service published

The West Midlands Quality Review Service (WMQRS) has today published the second of 13 quality assurance reviews of the Island’s Health Service.
Thursday, 10 July 2014

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