Two drop-in sessions will give people in the north a chance to give their views on the future provision of health and wellbeing services there.

Manx Care’s integrated care project team is developing plans for what they call a ’Northern Wellbeing Partnership’ in Ramsey, which will be similar to projects in the west and south of the island.

In the future, one central facility will provide integrated community care to people living in the north, ensuring that people who need support from health and social care services can access these in the same place.

People living across the north will be able to attend the drop-in sessions on Tuesday, November 16, at the courthouse in Ramsey (10.30am to 5pm) and Tuesday, November 30, at the Jurby Health Centre (2pm to 7pm).

Those attending able to speak with a range of the practitioners who’ll be involved with the service in the future.

The events are open to anyone who would like to share their views on this subject.

Teresa Cope, the chief executive of Manx Care, said: ’The Wellbeing Partnership model allows Manx Care, third sector organisations [charities and organisations outside the public and private sector] and other public sector services to work together to deliver a seamless, person-centred, multi-agency health and social care services through a single point of referral that will deliver better outcomes for the island’s population.

’It’s incredibly important that people living in the north of the island have a voice in the development of the service there, and so I’d encourage anyone who wants to contribute to this to get involved either by attending the events or getting in touch with the team there.’

Anyone who’s unable to attend the drop-in events but who would like to contribute their views can contact Gary Lord, Northern Wellbeing Partnership lead (685156), or Caroline Jagger, Northern Wellbeing Partnership co-ordinator (686432).

Further dates for informal drop-in sessions will be arranged later.