Health & Wellbeing

Some hospital appointments postponed as junior doctors walk out

SOME hospital appointments have been postponed after junior doctors walked out this morning in the latest industrial action. Amid an…

Shaftesbury house set for mental health care use

A HOUSE in Shaftesbury could soon be helping care for mental health patients after a planning application was submitted. The…

Sherborne Connect marking 30 years of supporting community

A SHERBORNE scheme is marking 30 years of helping people connect in the community. Initially set up to offer a…

Bosses ‘proud’ of Dorset County Hospital scores in patient survey

STAFF at Dorset County Hospital ‘should be very proud’ after the results of a patient survey were released, health…

Ambulance service in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire hit by cyber attack

THE ambulance service serving Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset has been hit by a cyber attack. The South Western Ambulance Service…

Free family fun day at RiversMeet Leisure Centre in Gillingham

THE RiversMeet Leisure Centre in Gillingham will host a free family fun day next week. Families with children aged 12…

NHS workers’ wage donations raise £20,000 for Julia’s House

NHS workers have raised more than £20,000 for a Dorset and Wiltshire charity that helps poorly young people and…

Golf captains tee up £14,000 for Dorset County Hospital

TWO golf captains tee-d up fundraisers for Dorset County Hospital – and holed out with more than £14,000 in…

80-bed ‘reablement’ centre for discharged patients could be built at hospital

A NEW 80-bed temporary care home for discharged hospital patients not well enough to go home could be built…

Some hospital appointments postponed during junior doctor strike

THE majority of hospital appointments will be postponed at some Dorset and Somerset hospitals during a strike by junior…