E-brochure IOW - 2021 - Catalog - Page 7
About the Isle of Wight NHS Trust
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance
health care provider in England. The Trust provides a full range of health services to an offshore
population of 140,000. The Trust employs a staff of approximately 3,500 and St. Mary’s Hospital has
244 beds.
Acute Care Services
Based at the heart of the Island, with 246 beds and handling 22,685 admissions each year, St Mary’s
Hospital in Newport is our main base for delivering acute services for the Island’s population. Services
include A&E, emergency medicine and surgery, planned surgery, intensive care, comprehensive
maternity, NICU and paediatric services. Within our Acute services, several Planned Care services,
including chemotherapy and orthopaedics are also delivered,
Community Care Services
Delivered in patients' homes, in a range of primary and community settings and from St Mary’s
Hospital, our Community Care services include district nursing, health visiting, community nursing
teams, a primary dental care service and orthotics, as well as inpatient rehabilitation and community
post-acute stroke wards.
Mental Health Services
Our Mental Health services provide inpatient & community based mental health care. We have 50
beds and Community Mental Health Teams supporting a case load of 1,300 patients. Our portfolio
also includes Specialist CAMHS, Tier 3 Drug and Alcohol Service, Early Intervention in Psychosis and
Memory Service and intensive outreach service for residential and nursing care homes.
Ambulance Service
The Island’s ambulance service delivers all emergency and non-emergency ambulance transport
including the ‘Jumbulance’ for the Island’s population. With 21,712 emergency calls and 25,292
emergency vehicles dispatched each year the service operates from a single base across the
Island. The service is also responsible for transporting patients to mainland hospitals when required.
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