As it stands 430 people on the Island have a pacemaker and it’s been identified they are in some instances travelling to the UK and back for consultations lasting only a few minutes.
The Department of Health have launched a new initiative that will mean patients needing standard pacemaker treatments will no longer have to go off Island.
As it stands 430 people on the Island have a pacemaker and it’s been identified they are in some instances travelling to the UK and back for consultations lasting only a few minutes.
Continuity of service will be offered to patients at a follow up pacemaker clinic at Noble’s Hospital with specialised equipment, which will be managed by trained personnel.
The new service will also see patient waiting times shortened significantly.
Health Minister David Anderson has said that the on Island service will be ready by later on in the year.
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