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A crop of creative ideas put forward by NHS staff have been awarded more than £13,000 to help provide extra support for patients in Dorset.

During Eating Disorders Awareness Week, which is running until Sunday (6 March), Dorset HealthCare’s eating disorders service is urging anyone who may be suffering in silence to take the step and seek help.

Find out how a local man is using his own experiences to help others open up about mental health

AFC Bournemouth Community Sports Trust teamed up with local NHS staff to run football training sessions for local school pupils as part of Children’s Mental Health Week.

With local NHS and council care services under severe pressure, the public is being asked to help out in a variety of ways.

Young people aged 13-19 in Dorset can now access support via ‘Let’s Chat Sexual Health’ – a brand new confidential text messaging service.

To further support young people struggling with their mental health, Dorset HealthCare is expanding its Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Gateway offer.

Dorset health and care leaders are reviewing the way the programme is delivered after the success of the pre-Christmas booster push.

A relaxing, dedicated space has been created at the King’s Park vaccination centre in Boscombe for young people with learning disabilities or severe and long-term mental health conditions.

People visiting loved ones in Dorset’s community hospitals now need to take a lateral flow test before coming, and provide proof of a negative result.

Staff based at Dorset HealthCare’s East Dorset Hub in St Leonards have been presented with thank-you gifts for the “amazing” care they provided to a patient.

Dorset HealthCare is inviting people to free virtual information sessions to find out more about working in local mental health services.

A host of great ideas have been put forward by staff at Dorset HealthCare to improve local services – and we need your help to choose the best ones.

From Tuesday, 4 January, Dorset HealthCare is temporarily closing its MIUs in Blandford, Portland and Sherborne (the Yeatman Hospital).

Thousands of Dorset people have grabbed their jab in the last couple of weeks as part of the rapid ramp-up of the COVID-19 vaccination programme.

Health and care leaders in Dorset are urging local people to grab their jab now, with increased walk-ins available around the county in the drive to get people jabbed before the new year

Dorset’s Access Mental Health services will be open to provide support during Christmas and new year for people who are struggling to cope, anxious or feel they are heading towards a crisis.

Dorset’s ramped up vaccination programme has upped the number of vaccines given to local people in its first week by almost 60% on the previous week.

Dorset people are encouraged to get their booster, first or second jab at a site near them as the health and care system expands its Covid-19 vaccination programme.

The Dorset health and care system is pulling out all the stops to expand the vaccination programme as quickly as possible