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Ryde Vaccinations On The Move
By John Warburton
The Pfizer/BiONtech vaccine (Photo: Lisa Ferdinando)
The vaccination hub in the Westridge Centre in Ryde has moved just metres away to a new and, health professionals believe, improved location in the former Waltzing Waters part of the building.
Local health chiefs said that, in partnership with the Isle of Wight Council, the new site was quickly brought online.
The health groups involved were the NHS Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group and the North East Locality Primary Care Network (PCN).
The former Waltzing Waters in Westridge, Ryde. Picture: Google Maps. THE vaccination hub in the Westridge Centre in Ryde has moved just metres away to a new and improved location in the former Waltzing Waters part of the building. NHS Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group and the North East Locality Primary Care Network (PCN) have worked in partnership with the Isle of Wight Council to bring the site together. The former Waltzing Waters building has been completely renovated to provide people with a clinically safe and efficient environment in which they can receive their Covid-19 vaccination. The new location officially opened on Thursday and is vaccinating people here, with the former site in the learning centre, now closed for vaccinations.
A NEW app which speeds up patients’ skin care referrals including suspected cancer cases was hailed as a potential life-saver by a relieved Isle of Wight patient. Nursing home worker Sandra Thompson was worried about a mole on her back and couldn’t believe the speed that what subsequently turned out to be a malignant melanoma was diagnosed and removed. Sandra was fast-tracked after a nurse practitioner at her GP surgery sent photos of the mole via a new Dermicus app to dermatology consultants the day of her visit. She had a biopsy eight days after her referral, her results 30 days from the date of the referral and the mole removed just four days later.
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Isle Of Wight Nursing Home Worker Describes Skin App As Life Saver
By Iona Stewart-Richardson
Sandra
An Isle of Wight woman has described an app which speeds up skin referrals - including suspected cancers - as a life-saver .
Nursing home worker Sandra Thompson was worried about a mole on her back and couldn’t believe the speed that what subsequently turned out to be a malignant melanoma was diagnosed and removed.
Sandra was fast-tracked after a nurse practitioner at her GP surgery sent photos of the mole via a new Dermicus app to dermatology consultants the same day of her visit.