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The video aims to raise awareness and funds for the Forest Holmes Hospice Charity

Hospice charity launches animated video in bid to raise awareness and funds

A HOSPICE charity serving people in Purbeck and beyond has taken to animation in a bid to raise awareness…

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…

Patient Julie Hills cuts the ribbon at the new Poole Hospital Theatres

First patient officially opens new Poole Hospital theatre block

A NEW theatre block at Poole Hospital has been declared officially open – by the first patient to use…

NHS staff will be on hand to help on the day

How you could interview for – and land – an NHS job in one day

THE benefits of pursuing a career in healthcare in Dorset will be highlighted at a special event taking place…

Dorset HealthCare staff hand over the £20,000 donation to Julia's House

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…

Weymouth Golf Club captains Simon Etherington, second left, and Pat Crane, second right, with Vicki Kingston, DCH Charity fundraising administrator, centre, and members of the Fortuneswell Ward and Paediatric Diabetes teams

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…

The reablement centre would be built in the grounds of Dorset County Hospital, in Dorchester

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 appointments at Yeovil and Dorset hospitals have been postponed

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…

Crataegus, the common hawthorne PHOTO: jhenning/Pixabay

Hawthorne an extremely special tree

by Fiona Chapman I don’t know if it is the odd spring we have had, wet and not particularly warm,…

Instead of feeding our inner critic we should consciously turn our attention to the parts of our bodies or characteristics that we do like

Taking control of our inner critic

By Alice Johnsen LEADING psychotherapist Julia Samuel was talking recently about self-acceptance being a precursor to self-love. She also made…