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More medical services could move to community settings

Work ongoing to modernise Island's healthcare services

More medical services need to be moved to community settings to make it easier for patients to receive treatment.

That's from Manx Care's Director of Primary Care after trials to offer specialist dermatology and physiotherapy clinics within GPs were announced.

Dr John Snelling, who is also a partner at Peel, says the scheme could be rolled out to other areas of medicine in the future.

He says it's part of a bigger plan to bring healthcare on the Island up to date:

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