The Isle of Wight has joined a Clinical Commissioning Group with Hampshire ans Southampton. THE public body who commission healthcare services on the Isle of Wight has joined forces with five other groups across Hampshire and Southampton. Now forming the NHS Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), it is responsible for ensuring the right health service is provided in the right place and to the highest quality. Moving from looking after just the Island s population, the body now covers the healthcare of 1.66 million people. CCGs across the country plan and buy healthcare services from local hospitals, GPs and other providers.
Concerns over number of antipsychotic medication prescriptions for dementia patients
MD of the CCG says “treatment is based on the individual’s needs”, but the Alzheimer’s Society is “extremely concerned” about the rise in the number of antipsychotic medication prescriptions
Despite not having a diagnosis, some dementia patients on the Isle of Wight are continuing to be prescribed antipsychotic medication which can be potentially harmful.
Dementia charity, The Alzheimer’s Society, said it was ‘extremely concerned’ about the rise in the number of prescriptions across the country during the Covid pandemic and is calling for an urgent government review into the figures.
The number of dementia patients given antipsychotic medication without a diagnosis is rising on the Isle of Wight. DEMENTIA patients on the Isle of Wight are continuing to be prescribed antipsychotic medication which can be potentially harmful despite not having a diagnosis. The Alzheimer s Society, a dementia charity, said it was extremely concerned about the rise in the number of prescriptions across the country during the Covid pandemic and is calling for an urgent government review into the figures. Figures from NHS Digital show, in the six weeks up to February 28, 125 dementia patients on the Island were prescribed antipsychotic medication and the vast majority of those (101) did not have a psychosis diagnosis.
Latest Isle of Wight Covid vaccination figures
Four in five Isle of Wight care home staff have now had their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination and the numbers continue to rise
Four in five eligible care home staff have now had their Covid jab on the Isle of Wight.
Latest data from the NHS shows over the course of the vaccine rollout, which started in December, of the 2,459 eligible older adult care home staff, only 1,986 took up their first dose.
Numbers are rising
This means 473, or 19.2 per cent of care home staff on the Island, have not had their first vaccine.