{"id":667737,"date":"2026-07-01T10:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/667737\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:14:01","slug":"isle-of-man-audiology-drop-ins-suspended-after-too-many-attend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/667737\/","title":{"rendered":"Isle of Man audiology drop-ins suspended after too many attend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drop-in clinics for patients with hearing impairments have been “indefinitely suspended” due to too many people attending at the same time.<\/p>\n

Manx Care said the decision had been taken as “demand has exceeded capacity” at the twice weekly sessions at Noble’s Hospital leading to some having to be turned away.<\/p>\n

Moving to an appointment only system “until further notice” would “help manage demand more safely” and make sure patients could access the services in a “planned and effective way”.<\/p>\n

It is the second time the drop-in sessions have been suspended over crowding fears. The services were previously moved to pre-booked appointments in mid-December for three weeks.<\/a><\/p>\n

Manx Care said, from Monday, patients attending the clinics without an appointment \u2013 which can be booked by phone or email \u2013 would not be seen.<\/p>\n

The healthcare provider said a review of how services were delivered, including clinic arrangements and referral pathways, was under way to “improve patient experience and ensure services are used appropriately”.<\/p>\n

Hear2Help Basic Hearing Aid Repair clinics, run by volunteers, will continue to be held in locations away from the main hospital.<\/p>\n

They are held at Ramsey Cottage Hospital on Wednesday, Thie Rosien in Port Erin on Thursday, and Peel’s Western Wellbeing Centre on Friday, with all sessions running between 09:30 BST and noon.<\/p>\n

Patients have been asked to check sessions are running in advance as they could be cancelled at short notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drop-in clinics for patients with hearing impairments have been “indefinitely suspended” due to too many people attending at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-667737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}