Sunday, 18 May 2008    IOW NHS Primary Care Trust Homepage The Organisation St Mary's Hospital In The Community Public Health Commissioning News Stories Recruitment Contact Us Accessibilty Website Map Healthcare Standards Annual Declaration 2007/08 IOW Public Health Annual Report 2006 Juba-link Patient Safety Federation Website    Welcome to the website    of the new Isle of Wight    NHS Primary Care Trust.    This is a unique NHS    organisation which    commissions and    provides health services    for the island population    and our many visitors. Latest IOW NHS News Patients Say Local NHS Continues To Improve Island patients have given their local NHS a resounding thumbs-up in the newly published National Patients Survey. Nurse Lands Major National Award Island nurse Teresa Day has scooped a prestigious national award, becoming the Learning Disability Nurse of the Year in Royal College of Nursing and Nursing Standard Nurse Awards 2008. Free Patient Choice Comes to the Island From 1 April 2008 Island patients referred for hospital treatment by their GP will be able to go anywhere they choose in England for their treatment. Life Saving Partnership Expanded to the South Wight Area An established scheme that sees fire fighters receive first aid training to use during emergencies is expanding. The Doctor Will See You - Anytime! Plans have been unveiled to provide GP services on the Island around the clock, 365 days a year. Hundreds of Isle of Wight smokers prepare to quit on No Smoking Day Hundreds of smokers across the Isle of Wight are taking the opportunity of No Smoking Day – Wednesday 12 March – to quit smoking. Island Quitters, the local NHS Stop Smoking Service, are preparing to help smokers on the Isle of Wight as they join million Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust, St Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 5TG. Tel 01983 524081