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Swanage Hospital is marking its 125th anniversary by leading a drive to recruit more community hospital staff to Dorset.

Radiology departments at Victoria Hospital (Wimborne) and Swanage Hospital deliver top quality services for patients – and that’s official.

Staff at Wimborne’s Victoria Hospital have been awarded a number of ‘five-star’ reviews by patients via the NHS Choices website.

Vulnerable young people, sex workers and others at risk of harm and exploitation on the streets of Bournemouth can now seek help and advice from a new outreach van service.

To celebrate a century of learning disability nursing, local nurses past and present gathered at Bulbury Woods Golf Club near Poole.

Fur and feathered therapy was the order of the day when a miniature farm visited Pebble Lodge, the children and young people’s inpatient mental health unit in Bournemouth.

Dorset’s Access Mental Health services will be open as usual during Christmas and New Year to support those struggling to cope, heading towards a breakdown or even feeling suicidal.

Staff at Dorset HealthCare donated 40 bags of clothing and food to support local homeless people.

Steps to Wellbeing, a mental health support service which has helped thousands of people, has celebrated its 10th birthday.

A ward at Sherborne’s Yeatman Hospital has impressed judges to become the first-ever ‘Hospital Ward of the Year’ for end-of-life care.

Public nominations are now open for our Better Every Day Awards

All children across Dorset should have now received information from the school they attend about this year’s immunisations.

A new range of services is now available across Dorset to provide a rapid response to people in a mental health crisis.

When you need urgent health care you want a quick and easy way to access the help you need – and Dorset’s new urgent care service aims to make sure that happens.

‘King of the jungle’ and former premier league manager Harry Redknapp was the guest of honour at the grand opening of the refurbished radiology department at Swanage Hospital.

Flower power took over Melcombe Day Hospital in Weymouth when it held its 19th annual garden party to say thank you to local community supporters.

Sexual health services based in Trinity Street, Dorchester, are relocating to Weymouth this month.

A dedicated team of volunteers from Bournemouth’s Nationwide Building Society recently transformed part of the garden area at the Victoria Hospital in Wimborne.

Young patients at Blandford Hospital’s minor injuries unit (MIU) are given a unique reward for being brave – a hand-stitched teddy bear.