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The Isle of Man Health Services Act was not passed until 10 August 1948. It was agreed that the term "people of the Isle of Man" could and should be interpreted as including anybody physically present on the island at the time so that visitors – mostly from the UK – would be covered.
The Department of Health and Social Care (Manx: Rheynn Slaynt as Kiarail y Theay) is the largest (by number of personnel and budget) of the seven departments of the Isle of Man Government. It was created on 1 April 2014 as a result of a merger of health and social care services from the former Department of Health and Department of Social Care.
The Department of Social Care (Manx: Rheynn Kiarail y Theay) was a department of the Isle of Man Government.It was created on 1 April 2010, taking on the social services and social security functions of the former Department of Health and Social Security as well as the social housing function of the former Department of Local Government and the Environment.
Prior to the separation of its component parts on 1 April 2010, the DHSS was the largest employer on the Isle of Man, with over 3,000 members of staff. The DHSS was largely replaced by two new Departments, the Department of Health and the Department of Social Care, with some Social Security functions transferring to the Isle of Man Treasury.
The Isle of Man Ambulance Service is a sub-division of the Department of Health and Social Care. [1]The Isle of Man has ten ambulances and ten paramedic cars; [citation needed] operating from three bases: Douglas (Ambulance Service HQ at Noble’s Hospital), Ramsey (Ramsey Cottage Hospital) and Castletown and Malew combined fire and ambulance Station. [1]
The Noble’s Hospital has 20 wards and 314 beds. It has Tertiary services which are handled by NHS trusts in the North West of England. The pharmacy budget, which also covers Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital, Mental Health Services, Hospice Isle of Man, Community Nursing, Chiropody, Family Planning, Dental Clinics and the School Health Advisors is £2,500,000
The Douglas City Council is the local elected authority for Douglas, the capital city of the Isle of Man and one of the 17 parishes that run local services in the Island (however, it is the only authority with the "City" status). [1] [2] It is the largest local authority, with 12 elected councillors representing the city.
The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin, also Ellan Vannin [ˈɛlʲan ˈvanɪnʲ]) or Mann (/ m æ n / man), [11] is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the Celtic nations and is the homeland of the Manx people, a Celtic ethnic group.