2022 news

​Islanders will be able to attend a free exhibition in Jersey Museum’s Link Gallery, showcasing this year’s Jersey Design Awards winners, from 9 January until 31 January.

An update from the Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture, Deputy Kirsten Morel on L’Ecume II

Plat Douet School has been reviewed as part of the Jersey Schools Review Framework. The full report is available online.

Today the Government of Jersey published its response and policy paper on obliged entity access to the beneficial ownership register when conducting customer due diligence (CDD).

Islanders and businesses have come together to help the 30 households displaced from around the Haut du Mont area following the tragic incident.

More Islanders will be eligible to access rented social housing from January, following changes to the Affordable Housing Gateway criteria.

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.

Yesterday the Minister for External Relations, Deputy Philip Ozouf, met with the French Minister of State for Europe, Ms. Laurence Boone, and the French Secretary of State for the Sea, Mr. Hervé Berville in Paris.

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 FE and Skills Actionable Agenda, which sets out the need to provide consolidated funding and support to allow Islanders to develop skills throughout their working life has been published.

The Government is to provide some additional financial support to parents who are living, working and looking after their children in Jersey, but who have been on the Island less than 5 years.

More than 100 dairy cows at a Jersey farm have fallen ill and died since Thursday, samples from the feed and the animals have been sent for analysis.

A project to develop a vision, charter and framework to make the Island’s education system more inclusive is underway, a year on from a key review.

The Chief Minister, Deputy Kristina Moore, has issued a statement of condolence following the recent tragedies on Jersey and at sea.

Two men have been sentenced in the Royal Court for tobacco and cigarette smuggling offences following a lengthy investigation by Jersey Customs and Immigration Service (JCIS).

King Charles III has sent a message of condolence to Jersey following the recent tragedies

Following a thorough recruitment process, and a year as interim leader, Rob Sainsbury has been permanently appointed as the Chief Officer for the Children, Young People, Education and Skills (CYPES) department.

Following requests from stakeholders Islanders now have until 13 January to respond to a consultation on the guidance that accompanies the Children and Young People’s Law,

Statistics Jersey have today published the final report on the 2021 Census.

Statement from the Chief of Police

At 4 o’clock this morning, our Island experienced an unexpected and unimaginable tragedy, taking the life of at least three Islanders.

Just before 4am this morning an explosion took place at a block of flats in Haut du Mont, an Andium operated property on Pier Road, St Helier.

The Minister for External Relations, Deputy Philip Ozouf, represented Jersey at the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) in London on Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th December.

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

Jersey’s first Public Mental Health Profile which aims to paint a picture of the mental health and wellbeing of Jersey’s population has been published today.

Statistics Jersey have today published a report on Indicators of Deprivation by parish vingtaines.

An exclusion zone has been placed around an area of open water in St Ouen’s Bay which was the site of a collision between a fishing boat and the Commodore Goodwill.

Minister for Children and Education, Deputy Inna Gardiner, joined over 60 Emotional Literacy Support Assistants – known as ELSAs –at Highlands College last week for their annual conference.

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 2022 report on the Jersey Opinions and Lifestyle Survey has been released today by Statistics Jersey.

A project to understand the movement and behaviour of bluefin tuna in Jersey continues for a second year running.

The Minister for Social Security and the Minister for Health and Social Services have agreed to apply an above inflation 12% uplift to the weekly care rates included in the Long-Term Care Scheme from 1 January 2023.

The Government are hostinghost their next Closer to Home event on Thursday 8 December 2022, 3-6pm at the Salvation Army in Minden Place. The event will focus on the cost of living and winter pressures.