Health News
Health Sector Update
By Mike Read, GDA Health representative On 18th November Deputy Heidi Soulsby, Minister of the Committee for Health and Social Care (CfHSC), announced Guernsey had secured access to the life changing Cystic Fibrosis drugs Orkambi and Symkevi. This followed the [...]
Mike Read – Health sector rep
We welcome Mike Read as a co-optee to the GDA executive committee as the Health sector representative. Mike strengthens the Social Policy team, which includes Catherine Hall as Education representative, Arrun Wilkie, Rob Harnish and Rob Platts. Married, father of [...]
Summary of SPH Review of Drugs & Treatments
a note from HEAL, short summary and longer document below 9th August 2019 both HSC and P&R publicly state that the gap in drug and treatment funding in the Bailiwick compared to that of the NHS in England is now [...]
Update: A life changing result – States Debate on the Deputy Roffey Medicine and Treatment Funding Requete
A life changing result - States Debate on the Deputy Roffey Medicine and Treatment Funding Requete - 12th December 2018 Guernsey has an approved list of drugs and treatments, the ‘White List,' from which local health professionals are allowed to [...]
Disability Survey by Island Global Research
Island Global Research are conducting a survey on issues related to disability, which is available to complete on line using the link below: https://survey.islandglobalresearch.com/s3/Disability-Survey-2018 Please can you share widely and encourage participation in order to get as many responses as [...]
Letter to members from Mike Read of Cystic Fibrosis
Dear GDA members, I would like to draw your attention to a requete due to be discussed in the December meeting of the States. This requete will have a significant effect on how the current HSC review of the future [...]
HSC CareWatch
The GDA membership is represented on the new Health & Social Care (HSC) CareWatch team. to find out more please read their recent article in the GEP. They hope to set up new contact details and a website soon. The [...]
Mental Health and Well-being Plan
The strategy sets out the priorities to be addressed across all members of the community, regardless of age or mental health and well-being needs and seeks - 'To promote mental well-being across the community, support vulnerable people, and ensure that [...]
HSC CareWatch Focus Group
Please find attached the first draft of the feedback from the CareWatch focus group on health and social care priorities for disabled islanders and carers. Please do email me your comments or amendments so we can finalise the document. Thank [...]
Health Information Guernsey (HIG)
Health Information Guernsey (HIG) has appointed a new CEO Bella Farrell. Bella is an accredited Executive Coach specialising in Resilience and Systemic Team Coaching and looks forward to offering dynamic and transformative leadership to HIG and its wider stakeholder group. [...]
Active Guernsey supported by the States of Guernsey
Below are outlined some of the initiatives and activities that are underway to support the aim of getting young people to be more active. There will be a presentation on the important issue of gender inequality in physical activity Getting [...]