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Rising Tide Programme empowering colleagues from under-represented backgrounds
Last month we hosted a special two day gathering of the Rising Tide Positive Action Leadership Programme. This programme is designed to support and develop ethnically diverse talent across the NHS workforce in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
International Women’s Day 2025 - Celebrating Fran White
This International Women’s Day, we’re shining a spotlight on our amazing Associate Director of Policy, Innovation and Partnerships, Fran White.
NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Transformation Manager wins award for work empowering young people
Helen Coleman scooped the Action Hampshire Changemaker award for Innovation in Community, Partnership and Development. The award recognises her huge contribution to increasing young people’s involvement in, and influence on, health and social care locally.
‘It Takes A Team’ of health professionals to care for a community
Local people across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are now able to book more appointments with different healthcare professionals at GP practices, meaning they can be seen quicker and cared for in the best possible way.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight dental partnership celebrates first anniversary
More than 5,000 people experiencing health inequalities have been seen onboard mobile dental units in the first year of a partnership between NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight and Dentaid The Dental Charity.
AI intelligence is helping to reduce the waiting list for cataract surgeries across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
Thanks to the help of Dora, an artificial intelligent telephone assistant, average waiting times for low complexity cataract surgery for patients in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has reduced from 35 weeks at the beginning of January 2024, to 10 weeks or less.
£84,000 pilot project aims to boost bowel cancer screening uptake
A new £84,000 pilot project has launched on the Isle of Wight, including all 12 GP practices, to improve bowel cancer screening rates and increase awareness within the local community. This will help to detect cancer earlier and save lives.
Health profession students urged to participate in Student Council survey
The NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Student Council are inviting all health profession students, wherever they may be studying, to share how they can be best supported, while they make the transition from student to professional.
Keep your little ones well this half term – visit your pharmacy first
As February half term approaches, NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight is encouraging parents and carers to make use of their local pharmacies for minor illnesses such as coughs, colds and sore throats.
Older people in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are being encouraged to have their free RSV vaccination
Invitations are being sent out to thousands of older people living in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight encouraging them to take up the offer of a free Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine.