MEDS closed between midnight and 8am due to staff sickness

Mon, 12 Dec 2022

The Manx Emergency Doctors Service (MEDS) will be closing between midnight and 08:00 until further notice.

Manx Care said the decision to close the service between these hours has not been taken lightly, and is due to sickness within the MEDS team. There will be an answerphone message signposting callers, and the MEDS management team continues to work with other services to ensure safe continuity of patient care.

MEDS was also forced to close at short notice last night (11-12 December 2022) for the same reason, but it should be noted that any calls received last night would have been diverted to the hospital Switchboard. Contacts to the service during the night have been assessed, and these did not directly impact other services.