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Ambulance trust urges people to ‘help us to help you’ over busy period

PEOPLE are being urged to do their bit to help the ambulance service this Christmas as it prepares for…

Day Lewis in Wareham; The Abbey Pharmacy in Sherborne; Boots in Frome and Rowlands in Salisbury are open on Christmas Day

Pharmacies open on Christmas Day in Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire

A NUMBER of pharmacies are opening on Christmas Day for those in need of advice and medication. Below is a…

Junior doctors are on strike until 7am on Saturday, December 23

NHS facing facing “significant disruption” during junior doctors’ strike

ROUTINE care NHS services in the south west are facing “significant disruption” this week as industrial…

Lord Markham joins the turf-cutting ceremony at St Ann’s Hospital in Poole

Work underway on £70m mental health projects in Dorset

WORK is officially underway on more than £70 million worth of projects to improve mental health care in Dorset. ‘Spade…

Care home enjoys ABBA-themed Christmas party

DANCING Queens took to the floor at an ABBA-themed Christmas party at a Hamworthy care home. Memory lane residents at…

Junior doctors at DCH are set to go on strike

Some hospital appointments to be postponed in Dorset during junior doctors’ strike

SOME hospital appointments at Dorset County Hospital will be postponed next week as junior doctors go on strike. As part…

Dorset Council wants to make it easier for people to walk or cycle

Have your say over active travel improvements in Dorset

PEOPLE are being urged to have their say on making active travel easier in Dorset. Dorset Council wants to make…

Elves in control at Upton Bay Care Home in Hamworthy

Elves take over at Hamworthy care home!

ELVES took over duties at a Dorset care home for a festive fundraiser. Staff at Upton Bay Care Home, in…

Deadline approaching for Covid and flu jab bookings in Dorset

MORE than 215,000 people in Dorset have had a Covid vaccine ahead of the autumn and winter months -…

The longer Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge sets off from Watchet Harbour

Entry open for 2024 air ambulance Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge

REGISTRATION for a charity cycle taking in some of Somerset and Dorset’s most spectacular scenery is open. The 2024 Dorset…