Health Services

The Primary Care Mental Health Team (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies or IAPT)

Payment of travel costs will be made if a patient meets the NHS eligibility criteria of reimbursement and provides acceptable proof of qualifying benefits and any valid transport receipts.

Inpatient services are provided to meet the general mental health/psychiatric needs of the population of the Isle of Wight.

On the Island, we have much to celebrate about our way of life and the opportunities we have to live our lives to the full.

Educating & supporting both the private and public sectors. Accredited and certificated courses; first aid, medical emergencies, manual handling, driver training and more. Delivered by fully qualified professional NHS Ambulance Tutors, in a relaxed learning environment.

From simple nail cutting to surgery and orthotics. Footsteps can provide you with all your footcare needs. We are HCPC registered caring professionals with over 25 years of experience. With three Island clinics in Ryde, Shanklin and Newport. We can also provide home visits and contracted work for residential care and nursing homes. Guy Napper S.R.Ch. D.Pod.M See Details of our Shanklin Branch See Details of our Carisbrooke Branch

Patient Online will enhance the quality of care practices by offering online services, increasing choice and convenience for patients. The NHS’s ambition is to embrace technology as part of its drive to offer modern, convenient and responsive services to patients, their families and carers. GP practices are leading the way. The government has committed to enabling patients to book appointments, order repeat prescriptions and view their own health records within their GP practice online by April 2016. Patient Online is NHS England’s programme designed to support GP practices to offer and promote online services to patients.

Chemists – Pharmacy – Pharmacies Boots The Chemist (Ryde High Street – Main Branch) Other Pharmacies (Click on the relevant link) Bembridge Branch Cowes Branch Freshwater Branch Newport Branch Sandown Branch (107 High Street) Sandown Branch (15 High Street) Shanklin Branch Ryde Branch (Rink Road) Ventnor Branch

Admiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses who give expert practical, clinical and emotional support to families living with dementia to help them cope. They are registered nurses, and have significant experience of working with people with dementia. Referrals are currently open via the Memory Service and Isle of Wight GPs. For more information please contact Isle of Wight NHS Tel: 01983 822099 extension: 5386.  

The Urgent Care Service provides an out of hours service when your own GP practice is closed.  The service provides medical advice, assessment and treatment if you have an urgent problem that cannot wait until you can arrange to visit your own GP practice. To arrange access to the Urgent Care Service you will need to telephone 111.  The service is open from 18.30 each week day evening and from 08.00 Saturday, Sundays and Bank Holidays.