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A series of ‘pop-up’ vaccination clinics are coming to Dorset to help give public health a winter boost.

In partnership with The Prince’s Trust, Dorset HealthCare is running a series of job skills workshops to help young people start careers in health and social care.

Staff working on The Willows unit at Sherborne’s Yeatman Hospital have again been applauded for providing outstanding palliative and end-of-life care.

Staff at Alderney Hospital in Poole have been honoured for providing patients with “dignity and peace” in the final stages of life.

Dorset’s Access Mental Health services will be open as usual to provide support during the festive period for people who are struggling to cope, anxious or feeling they are heading towards a crisis.

Following a robust recruitment process NHS trusts Dorset County Hospital and Dorset HealthCare have appointed Matthew Bryant to the role of joint Chief Executive Officer.

Parents and carers of youngsters aged from 5-19 in Dorset can now access support via ParentLine, a confidential text messaging service.

A major revamp of the radiology department at Wimborne’s Victoria Hospital will take place after Christmas, bringing a host of benefits for local patients.

Dorset HealthCare has applauded the renewed national focus on children in care following the launch of this year’s heart-warming John Lewis Christmas advert.

A pop-up clinic is opening for COVID-19 vaccines at Portland Community Hospital

Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) services are to resume in Blandford, in the latest phase of reviewing urgent care provision across Dorset.

A leading local mental health charity has backed plans for a new psychiatric intensive care unit for children and young people in Dorset.

To mark World Diabetes Day on Monday (14 November), a local NHS mental wellbeing service is reminding Dorset and Southampton residents that help and support is available.

There will be one freephone number for all Steps2Wellbeing patients in Dorset

Plans have been submitted for a long-awaited psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) for young people in Dorset – and Dorset HealthCare needs your support.

Adults who are struggling with their mental health, addictions and daily wellbeing can now talk through their issues and find solutions over a fortnightly cup of coffee in Poole.

While the COVID-19 pandemic brought huge challenges for the NHS, it also gave rise to new ways of working which could help transform patient care over the coming years.

This World Mental Health Day, local NHS mental wellbeing service Steps2Wellbeing is reminding people across Dorset and Southampton City that help and support is available.

An open day at the Yeatman Hospital in Sherborne on Wednesday, 19 October will showcase the many job roles available there which make such a difference to the local community.

The autumn drive to boost our immunity against COVID -19 is underway, with a great initial take-up in Dorset