News list

  • New electronic health record set to improve healthcare for communities in Dorset and Somerset

    Date published: 19 March 2026

    News Categories:

    • Community-based care
    • Community hospitals
    • Mental health
    • Our Trust

    A major digital transformation programme to improve the way people access and experience healthcare across Dorset and Somerset is now underway.

  • “Remarkable” healthcare project honoured with High Sheriff of Dorset Award

    Date published: 3 March 2026

    News Categories:

    • Community-based care
    • Mental health

    A coffee cart project devised to help people leaving prison find their place back in the community has scooped a prestigious award.

  • Work to begin on new Winton Neighbourhood Health Centre

    Date published: 11 February 2026

    News Categories:

    • Community-based care

    A health centre in Bournemouth is to be refurbished and reopened to the public, bringing modern healthcare facilities into the heart of the community.

  • New sensory-friendly waiting room will support local neurodivergent children and young people

    Date published: 5 February 2026

    News Categories:

    • Mental health

    Ahead of Children’s Mental Health Week (9-15 February), a new sensory-friendly waiting room has opened at Poole's CAMHS clinic.

  • Sherborne’s Yeatman Hospital celebrates official opening of refurbished reception and clinic spaces

    Date published: 19 January 2026

    News Categories:

    • Community-based care

    Yeatman Hospital in Sherborne has officially opened a newly refurbished reception area and upgraded clinic rooms, thanks to funding support from its charitable Friends group.