Minister for Health and Social Development, Honourable Vincent Wheatley is away from the Territory on official leave till September 30 attending the 60th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization meeting and the 75th Session of the Regional Committee of the World Health Organization meeting. 

For September, the Virgin Islands' community joins the rest of the world in observing World Alzheimer's Month. The observation of World Alzheimer's Month is being spearheaded by Alzheimer's Disease International to raise awareness of dementia and to help address and eliminate the stigma associated with the disease.

Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley is featured with representatives from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)/ Pool Procurement Services (PPS). The representatives visited the Virgin Islands from July 4 to 5 to discuss ongoing pooled procurement of Health Commodities (Medical Products and Laboratory Supplies), and the proposed expansion of products for pooled procurement (Dialysis, Dental and Assistive Supplies).

The Ministry of Health and Social Development is seeking the public’s input on the Final Report of the Social Assistance in the British Virgin Islands Review.

Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley will be attending a Ministerial Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDS) and Mental Health in Barbados this week. 

Chief of Drugs and Pharmaceutical Services, Mrs. Gracia Wheatley-Smith has said her office is equipped with skills in signal detection and drug safety as part of ongoing efforts to enhance pharmacovigilance locally.

Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley is featured as he visited nurses at the Road Town Clinic and the Dr. D. Orlando Smith Hospital on May 9, as part of activities to mark Nurses Week 2023.