2022 news

Work has now finished to upgrade the Community Alarm System (CAS) to a digital system as part of a drive by Health and Community Services to deliver more care in Islanders’ homes.

More than 1,000 children who are due a dental appointment with Health and Community Services are benefitting from a new scheme which was launched to tackle waiting time delays caused by Covid-19.

A member of the Jersey Heart Team has become a Nurse Consultant – the first time this highly specialised role has been created within the physical health field in Jersey.

The Minister for Health and Social Services has responded to the Picker report on patient experience in the Jersey healthcare system.

The Public Health Department is issuing advice on the symptoms and treatment of Scarlet Fever as cases circulate locally and following a rise in case numbers and severity in the UK.

The Minister for Health and Social Services has today published her Ministerial Review into the Jersey Care Model.

Health and Community Services strengthens future of “home grown” workforce in partnership with Robert Gordon University.

A fixed term Chair has been appointed to support the establishment for a new Health and Care Board.

A Jersey nurse is among just seven in the British Isles who have been recognised with a national award and as part of her prize has been invited to a world-renowned conference.

Andy Weir, who is currently seconded to the role Director of Mental Health and Adult Social Care, has been appointed on a permanent basis.

For the first time in Jersey, a nurse who has recently graduated has been given the opportunity to fast track her career to enable her to specialise in oncology.

​The ministerial team at Health and Social Services has been strengthened with the appointment of a second Assistant Minister.

​Women in Jersey are being encouraged to discuss the menopause and to ask their GP for advice and support as part of World Menopause Day.

​Islanders who have had their blood tested for PFAS are due to receive their results this week.

​Islanders are being invited to take part in the next phase of the public consultation on Assisted Dying which will run for 12 weeks from Monday 17 October.

Islanders with diabetes are being urged to come forward to check if they are at risk of losing their sight to one of the leading – but largely preventable – causes of blindness in the developed world.

The Jersey Independent Covid-19 Review has published its final report into the response to the pandemic.

Following a successful initial engagement event earlier in the year, Islanders who have experience of using Jersey’s adult mental health services are being encouraged to help shape and develop them.

The Public Health Department within Government is launching Jersey’s first Big Health and Wellbeing Conversation and all Islanders are invited to join the conversation.

The Minister for Health and Social Services has unveiled initial proposals in response to a report which raised concerns about clinical governance and assurance on the quality and safety of care in the hospital and related services.

Islanders will be able to book ‘same day’ confidential sexual health checks from Monday 3 October after similar clinics proved to be successful during Sexual Health Awareness Week.

Stoptober, the challenge which actively encourages people to quit smoking, celebrates its 11thbirthday this October.The Stoptober challenge allows people who want to quit smoking a dedicated time to concentrate on quitting smoking for good.

The Jersey Mortality report for 2021 has been published today. The report shows that 820 Jersey residents were recorded as having died last year.

Islanders are being given information this week on how to prevent falls by a dedicated team in Health and Community Services.

The Government of Jersey is today publishing the scope and process for the review into the Our Hospital Project. This follows significant work by the Minister for Infrastructure and officers, including site visits to the current General Hospital.

The Government is to establish an independent health board in response to a review which found serious issues of governance at the hospital.

Actress Linda Bassett and President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Mr Eddie Morris are due to attend Jersey’s General Hospital on Wednesday 24 August.

A doctor has swum, cycled and ran around Jersey – in a back-to-back challenge never thought to have been undertaken before – to raise awareness for a charity that supports former intensive care patients.

A new unit dedicated to caring for premature or sick babies opens today, Monday 15 August, in Jersey General Hospital.

Five Non-Clinical Services Staff for Health and Community Services (HCS) have celebrated a total of 133 years’ service between them.

A new cohort of 18 foundation doctors have started their two-year training programme at the Hospital.

New figures from the home birthing team show that the rate of homebirths rose in the first six months’ of this year and was more than double the rate of the UK’s.

Twelve student nurses and a midwife have celebrated their final day of lessons after three years of on-Island study.

Contact tracing is based on possible transmission and is nearing completion

Advice for Islanders in extreme weather

Keep doing the right thing to reduce COVId over the summer

Parents are reminded to get their children vaccinated against polio, after the virus was detected in London sewers.

This Cervical Screening Awareness Week (20-26 June), women and people with a cervix aged 25-64 are being encouraged to opt-in to the free cervical screening programme.

Islanders who are eligible for a COVID-19 Spring Booster are being reminded that the offer will expire on Thursday 30 June.

While many people welcome the hot summer weather, it is also an appropriate time to remind Islanders of the sensible precautions that should be taken to minimise any risk to health as the Island could see highs of 31°C.

The Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Richard Renouf, has signed an Order to make monkeypox a notifiable disease in Jersey. The Order was signed on 31 May and will come into effect today.

For World No Tobacco Day 2022, smokers in Jersey are being urged to consider one more reason to quit

4,500 patients in Jersey who were eligible for Jersey's retinal screening programme have now had their appointments

33 Islanders have been offered jobs in the care sector after a campaign to recruit more home carers

The Community Alarm System is being upgraded to support more Islanders to live independently at home.

A series of public events will allow Islanders to find out more about the Jersey Care Model

​Women in Jersey are being urged to know the five main symptoms associated with ovarian cancer as part of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

More than 60 representatives from a range of health and social care providers have met for the first Island-wide Health and Care Partnership Group.

The final two members of an independent board, which will review the delivery of the Jersey Care Model, have been appointed.

This No Smoking Day (Wednesday, 9 March), smokers in Jersey are urged not to give up on giving up

States Members voted in January to reinstate rehabilitation services at Samarès Ward on the Overdale site or at another suitable location.

Islanders are being reminded of the difference they could make in someone’s life with a rewarding and flexible role as the Government’s ‘Help At Home’ campaign continues.

Jersey’s Sexual Health team to offer PrEP (Pre-Exposure prophylaxis) to Islanders at risk of HIV

A chair has been appointed to the Independent Oversight Board, which will review the delivery of the Jersey Care Model.

The Social Security Minister is lending her support to a new campaign which encourages people not to delay having their cervical screening (“smear”) test.

​A Registered Mental Health Nurse with two decades' leadership experience across a range of healthcare and prison settings has been appointed to lead Jersey's Mental Health and Adult Social Care.