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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…

The Lake District is remarkable – it is a land of constant change

Meditations in nature: Mountains are calling

By Susie Curtin AS much as I love the gentle rolling hills of the Dorset countryside, there are times when…

If we look to change with an inquisitive mind we are likely to adapt more quickly photo: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

New eras and our fear of change

By Alice Johnsen KING Charles III has been crowned, the public holidays are over and the bunting flapping gently in…

Staff at Ellis Jones Solicitors took part in a Lunch & Learn session with Dorset Mind during Mental Health Awareness Week

Swanage solicitors tackle challenge of ‘managing stressful conversations’

MANAGING stressful conversations was the topic at a special session for Swanage solicitors. Staff at Ellis Jones Solicitors marked Mental…