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Key services to be maintained during doctor strike

Manx Care says emergency services will be maintained but some planned appointments are at risk.

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'Taking anti-depressants has changed my life'

Chloe Hayden says taking the medication is "the best thing I have ever done for myself".

Chloe looks into the camera smiling. She has long, blond wavy hair and is wearing a white t shirt and black blazer.

'Taking anti-depressants helped me flourish'

Five million more anti-depressant prescriptions were given in 2022-23 compared with 20 years ago.

A close up of the chest of a doctor, who is wearing a green vest with the word doctor embroidered onto it. He is wearing white plastic gloves, and a white plastic apron and has a black stethoscope hanging around his neck.

Doctors to strike on Isle of Man for first time

Doctors working for Manx Care will stage a 48-hour walkout from 22 January in a row over pay.

Dr Deepali Misra-Sharp sits at her work desk, with pictures and cards behind her.

GPs turn to AI to help with patient workload

Should more AI be used to help GPs with consultations and administrative work?

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Revised pay offer for doctors 'not accepted'

Manx Care says a union has not accepted an offer to match pay scales in England for the lower paid.

The exterior of Woodstock Surgery, a single-storey building with a flat roof.

'Creaking' surgery eyes new site in two years

Woodstock Surgery has been at its current premises since the 1960s and is "creaking at the seams".

A red brick historic building.

Council buys two surgeries for new medical centre

Councillors say a "state-of-the-art" GP surgery will be built in the East Sussex town.

A street-view of Honiton Surgery in Devon. It is a red-brick building with a small wall surrounding it. There is grass and bushes in front of the building and two white street signs on the right.

Doctors' surgery closes after flooding damage

Honiton Surgery has closed after flooding caused significant damage to the building and server.