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Date: 21 September 2023

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Volunteering

Could you help to improve the experience of our patients?

Our Volunteer Service is fortunate to have a wonderful team of caring, compassionate, and dedicated volunteers that selflessly offer their time to support our various services throughout the Trust. Their diverse backgrounds and personal experiences mean that they all bring their own set of skills and array of knowledge which we are all very grateful for.

Some of the roles volunteers are involved in include:

Administrators
Chaplaincy
Meet and greet
Member of the Patient Council
Ward helpers

Find out more about volunteering on our volunteering page of our dedicated recruitment website.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please contact us in the first instance and we will advise you of the process.

Contact us:

Volunteer Service
Isle of Wight NHS Trust
St Mary’s Hospital
Parkhurst
Newport
Isle of WightPO30 5TG

Iownt.volunteer@nhs.net

01983 822099 ext. 6411

Acceptable Forms of Identification Documents.docx (0.02 MB)

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Important information

Our services are currently extremely busy and we expect them to remain busy and under increased pressure during the strikes. We will only cancel appointments and procedures where it is necessary, if you aren’t contacted by us to rearrange, please still attend your appointment.

You can help by:

Only using our Emergency Department or call 999 for life threatening injuries or illnesses
Collecting family and friends from hospital as soon as they are ready to be discharged to free up beds for those who need them
Support friends, family and neighbours with shopping and collecting prescriptions if needed
Only call 999 in the event of a life-threatening illness or injury
Visit NHS 111 online or call NHS 111 for heath advice, or contact your local pharmacist or GP.

Please visit our patients and visitors page for general information.

Thank you for your continued support.