Most Doctor Appointments Cancelled

Manx Care says most planned appointments will be cancelled tomorrow unless there is a clinical imperative for them to proceed.

If you are not contacted, your appointment will be proceeding as normal.

The healthcare organisation said: “Please consider whether attending Manx Care facilities for emergency treatment is absolutely necessary, or whether waiting until conditions are safer to get the support you need is feasible.

“However, anyone who requires urgent or emergency treatment will continue to receive it, and you should continue to seek treatment there as required.”

• Essential community visits will still go ahead as normal
• Learning Disability and Older People day services are suspended temporarily.
• Drop-in vaccination clinic for covid / flu at Morton Hall, Castletown has now been postponed to 31 January 2025.
• The final day of the Healthy Mums, Healthy Baby Week event has been cancelled.
• If you have a planned GP appointment, the practice will contact you if arrangements have changed.
• If you have a planned dental appointment, the practice will contact you if arrangements have changed. Please remember that if you are a patient at a dental practice, your practice is responsible for your emergency dental care and treatment.
• Pharmacies are not scheduled to be closed, but circumstances may change – please contact your pharmacy to check before attending.

Patients travelling off island for treatment:

• If you are a patient who is due to fly to the UK on Friday 24 January via Logainair but your flight has been cancelled, please re-arrange your hospital appointment directly with the UK Trust before contacting Patient Transfers to re-arrange any travel arrangements.

• If you are a patient who is due to fly back to the Isle of Man on Friday 24 January and your flight is cancelled, please contact Loganair who will arrange new flights and accommodation.

• If you are a patient who is due to travel back via to the Isle of Man via Steam Packet and need assistance, please contact Patient Transfers directly (01624 642666)