Nearly 2,000 sign petition as Mountbatten Isle of Wight continues to Fight NHS Cash Cuts

Over 1,700 people have already signed a petition asking health bosses to urgently reconsider a decision to cut £1.4 million from Mountbatten Isle of Wight's hospice charity budget, in 2026/7.

The Change.org petition has quickly gathered pace and you are invited to add your signature to the document.

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Fight

Hampshire-based financial decision-makers will also cut £600,000 from Mountbatten Isle of Wight’s finances this autumn, without prior warning or meaningful consultation.

It represents a disinvestment in Mountbatten Isle of Wight, by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (ICB), of around 40 per cent in the next financial year.

Instead, the money is being ‘reallocated’ and hospices in Hampshire (not Mountbatten Hampshire) are among those being awarded a rise in funding.

For over a decade, Mountbatten Isle of Wight has received around a third of its money from the ICB, which distributes NHS funding to healthcare services on the Island. Two thirds of its work is funded by the community, through events, fundraising, donations, gifts-in-wills and charity shops.

Why fight for Mountbatten Isle of Wight?

The Isle of Wight's only hospice serves an increasingly older population, delivering a unique and expert end-of-life care model, 24/7, to people in their own homes, in Mountbatten Isle of Wight’s inpatient unit, and in the John Cheverton Centre, through day, outpatient and rehabilitation services.

World-renowned for putting hospice care at the centre of its community, Mountbatten Isle of Wight's model has been widely replicated across the UK.

Its innovative approach means its building is essentially owned by Islanders, and it is open to a growing number of people. Seven days a week, this space, including the popular John Cheverton Centre in Newport’s Halberry Lane, is used for community events, concerts, a community choir, cafe and more.

Mountbatten Isle of Wight is asking people on the Isle of Wight to take action to save our hospice as we know it, by writing to NHS commissioners, Healthwatch and our MPS.

Here's how...