HAMPSHIRE health bosses are delaying their public consultation over a new hospital. Plans are being drawn up for a new hospital near Basingstoke, sparking fears that it will mean a long-term downgrading of services at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester. Bosses said today that more detailed planning work is needed before the proposals are seen by the public. The consultation had been due this summer. Maggie MacIsaac, chief executive of Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group, and Alex Whitfield, chief executive of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in a joint statement, said: “In discussion with national and regional NHS colleagues, we have agreed together that our plans for a new hospital will be even stronger if we can incorporate newly available national planning information and recent learnings from others around the country.
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By Iona Stewart-Richardson
Sue Barnes and her daughter Kae on the screen
An Isle of Wight mother, whose daughter died after a battle with anorexia wants people to know she is here to support them through the misunderstood illness which has increased horrendously during the pandemic.
Sue Barnes, who lives in Ryde, dedicates herself to running the charity
Kae’s Trust - which was set up in memory of her daughter who died aged 29 in March 2018.
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Second doses of the Covid vaccine are now starting to be booked in. Picture by Duncan Knifton. NEARLY 45 per cent of people aged 16 and over on the Isle of Wight are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and nearly three quarters (73.3 per cent) have had their first dose. From today (Thursday), people aged 38 and 39 can book in for a vaccination - just 12 days after Islanders aged over 40 were being called. In the week to May 9, 10,400 Covid-19 vaccines were given out on the Isle of Wight, while 148,245 doses have been handed out since December 8. Data recorded by the National Immunisation Management Service (NIMS), shows that 92,211 Islanders have had their first dose of the vaccine.