GUERNSEY’S main critical care unit at the hospital is facing ongoing significant pressure and will need to rely on extra temporary and agency staff this spring, a Health & Social Care spokeswoman has said.
MEDICAL students from the UK are flocking to Guernsey to do extra work placements or electives at the Medical Specialist Group as Covid has limited other options abroad.
As a plan for solving the housing crisis begins to take shape, Deputy Nick Moakes explains why he believes the focus should not be restricted to social housing
ROUTINE elective surgery has resumed at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital and medical staff are beginning the process of clearing a large backlog of delayed operations.
‘AT LAST’, I thought, reading the Monday 10 January Guernsey Press front page that the King Edward VII site is finally going to be developed – until you read through the ideas that are being put forward.
HAS the Policy & Resources Committee been over-ambitious in pursuing such a wide-ranging course of action on the States property portfolio?
DESIGN plans have been drawn up for 90 new homes on States-owned land at the Castel Hospital, and the King Edward VII hospital has been earmarked for a new care home or a care village.
AFTER her operation was cancelled for the second time, one islander in need of a hysterectomy has called for the needs of surgery for non-life threatening conditions to be considered more carefully.
COVID pressures are being blamed for more cancellations of elective operations being made at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital this week.
SIGNIFICANT numbers of staff at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital are off work with Covid-19, but hospitalisations from the virus remain low.
IT WAS as wet out of the water as it was in it for the annual Polar Bear swim at La Vallette on Christmas Day morning.
From the Government Work Plan to centralisation by the back door, Deputy Peter Roffey looks back at some of the political ups and downs of the past year
BISCUITS, chocolates and gifts were delivered by local bikers to the hospital yesterday to thank staff for their hard work.
CHARITY Bowel Cancer Guernsey is marking 20 years since it was founded.
ALL adults should be offered booster jabs by the end of January, the States of Guernsey has confirmed.
