2021 news

The Minister for Health and Social Services has lodged a proposition asking the States Assembly to approve new regulations on the branding of tobacco packaging.

​Islanders are being encouraged to join staff from the Respiratory Team at the Hospital and take part in a cycle challenge in aid of the British Lung Foundation.

A mental health and well-being module is to be embedded into every construction course curriculum on offer at Highlands College following a partnership between the Our Hospital Project’s Design and Delivery Partner and Mind Jersey.

This Friday, we recognise national Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) Day by celebrating personal and professional diversity within the profession.

An initiative which will help Islanders with their mental health has been set up as part of the Mental Health Improvement Plan.

A new Learning Disability Nursing Degree course has opened for applications for the first time in Jersey, starting in September.

Jersey is celebrating International Nurses Day 2021 today by showing appreciation and gratitude to the newly qualified nurses who started their careers during the pandemic.

Jersey’s Mental Health Network is launching a series of videos featuring Islanders discussing their mental health journeys, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week (Monday 10-Sunday 16 May).

Today is International Day of the Midwife which celebrates all the work midwives and maternity staff have provided during the COVID-19 pandemic.

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and the blood borne viruses team at Health and Community Services aim to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and reduce the stigma that surrounds it.