Today, 18th November is… European Antibiotic Awareness Day
Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist the action of an antibiotic. Antibiotic resistance severely limits the number ...
Tag: Health
Jersey’s digital health takes a step forward with GP digital ordering system
Jersey’s General Practitioners can now order X-rays and radiology tests for patients electronically for the first time. It represents the ...
Health Eye: Work vs health
So this is a hot potato in the current climate, because of how COVID-19 has affected our working lives. It ...
Guernsey’s hospital operations now back to pre-Covid levels, thanks to hard working hospital staff
In July, Dr Peter Rabey, Guernsey's Medical Director and Dr Gary Yarwood, Guernsey's Medical Specialist Group (MSG) Chairman explained in ...
WellBeing in focus: Life in lockdown for young islanders
Research shows that young islanders’ lives were significantly impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in April and May 2020, resulting ...
#MedsSafetyWeek – How to report medicine side effects
Guernsey's Health and Social Care (HSC) is participating in the fifth annual social media campaign called #MedSafetyWeek, which runs from ...
Health Eye: How do you keep your physical fitness when in Lockdown?
Whether you are heading back into the office after lockdown and back into more of a semblance of normality, or ...
Unprecedented demand for influenza vaccine in Guernsey
Guernsey's Health & Social Care (HSC) launched its 2020/21 influenza (flu) vaccination programme in September this year. Free or reduced cost ...
Guernsey’s incrementally increases range of drugs and treatments available
In January 2020 the States approved the recommendations of the Committee for Health & Social Care (HSC) to increase the ...
Damien Hirst limited print donated to Guernsey’s HSC
Damien Hirst, the English artist, entrepreneur and art collector, has donated a limited edition of his work ‘Butterfly Rainbow’ to ...