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Corfe Castle will mark Air Ambulance Week. Picture: National Trust Images/Ellen Smith

Corfe Castle to turn yellow and green for Air Ambulance Week

CORFE Castle will be turned yellow and green to mark Air Ambulance Week. The National Trust landmark will be illuminated…

Martin Clunes with Weldmar Hospicecare staff at the 2019 Summer Fete

TV star Martin Clunes set for Dorset hospice fete appearance

ACTOR Martin Clunes is set to once again be a guest at a charity’s annual summer fete next week. The…

Latest NHS strike adds to ‘thousands of appointments’ postponed

NHS services in the South West are facing ‘significant disruption’ due to strikes, staff holidays and sickness, and warm…

Junior doctors at DCH are set to go on strike

More hospital appointments to be postponed during NHS strike

SOME hospital appointments will be postponed this week as consultants in Dorset join a nationwide strike. The industrial action, part…

The sensory backpacks are free to hire at Brownsea Island. Picture: National Trust

New sensory backpacks on offer at Brownsea Island to enhance SEND experience

NEW backpacks that enhance the experience of visitors with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are now free to…

Staff at the new Discharge Lounge at Dorset County Hospital

New £2m Discharge Lounge opens at Dorset County Hospital

PATIENTS waiting to leave hospital can do so in improved facilities after the opening of a new lounge. A new…

Mental health nurses Reshmi James, Jiss Varghese and Christy Thomas

Dorset NHS trust lands award for welcoming international nurses and midwives

EFFORTS to embrace and support internationally-educated nurses in Dorset has led to a prestigious award. Dorset HealthCare is the first…

Some appointments have been postponed as the NHS strikes continue

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…

Ruth Miller, a nurse at Poole Hospital, has been shortlisted for the national award

Poole Hospital nurse up for national award for diabetes work

A NURSE who created a training programme to improve the care of people with diabetes has been shortlisted for…

Dorset County Hospital, in Dorchester, received an overall score of 7.9/10

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…