Health & Wellbeing

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…

New centre of excellence for elderly care opens at Dorset County Hospital

A NEW centre of excellence for the care of elderly people has opened at Dorset County Hospital. The new Mary…

Free tickets on offer to mental health charity festival

FREE tickets are still available to a charity festival next month. The Dorset Mental Health Forum charity is celebrating its…

Joyce, 97, takes first dip in years at special Sturminster pool

A 97-YEAR-OLD Dorset daughter of a swimming coach was delighted to cause a splash at a special pool. Joyce Ware,…

New first responder vehicles in use after £128,000 grant

SIX new first responder ambulance vehicles are on the streets of the south west thanks to a £128,000 grant. The…

Meditations in nature: Blackbird singing in the dead of night

by Susanna Curtin I CANNOT get over how quickly the year is passing. May is already at its close, and…

Volunteer Eileen gets royal approval for Blandford Hospital efforts

AN 83-YEAR-OLD hospital volunteer has received royal approval for her efforts. Eileen Waters, who has been a volunteer at Blandford…

Health firm’s coffee morning raises cash for Dorset cancer charity

A COFFEE morning held by a firm that helps people recover from injury and illness gave a county cancer…