Nurses to Strike Today

Royal College of Nursing members will strike today, as they continue to seek a better pay offer.

Essential services and the Emergency Department are not affected by the strike, if you require urgent medical care, ring 999 as normal or attend Noble’s Hospital.

Nurses will walk out at 8am and remain on strike until 8pm tonight.

Other essential services include inpatient services at both Noble’s and Ramsey and District Cottage Hospitals, the Emergency Department at Noble’s Hospital, the Jane Crookall Maternity Unit, the Eric and Marion Scott Oncology Day Unit, in-patient Mental Health services provided at Manannan Court, some community-based services, Dialysis services and Critical Care provision, alongside maintenance of urgent cancer services and emergency surgery cases.

Other Info:

• The Minor Injuries and Illnesses Unit (MIU) in Ramsey is closed for the day
• The Blood Clinic at Ramsey Cottage Hospital will close on Tuesday. However, the Blood Clinic at Noble’s Hospital will operate as planned
• Endoscopy appointments for patients on the urgent two-week wait pathway for a suspected cancer diagnosis will go ahead. All other Endoscopy appointments have been cancelled.
• All other appointments for patients on the urgent two-week wait pathway for a suspected cancer diagnosis will also go ahead. This includes suspected Gynaecological and skin cancers.
• All elective theatre sessions have been cancelled. However, there will be some theatre provision for management of urgent, emergency and trauma patients.
• Appointments for anyone due to receive oncology treatment at the Eric and Marion Scott Oncology Day Unit, haemodialysis treatment or any other urgent therapy will continue as planned.
• The Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Service (MCISS) will be open as usual, alongside picking up voicemails on 650735, and will respond to emails sent to MacmillanCancerInformationCentre.Nobles@gov.im.
• In-patient services for Manx Care’s Integrated Mental Health Service provided within the Manannan Court facility at Noble’s Hospital will continue as planned. However, some mental health outpatient appointments will be rescheduled including those provided through the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). The Mental Health Crisis Team will operate as normal.