Health & Wellbeing

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How you could interview for – and land – an NHS job in one day

THE benefits of pursuing a career in healthcare in Dorset will be highlighted at a special event taking place…

NHS workers’ wage donations raise £20,000 for Julia’s House

NHS workers have raised more than £20,000 for a Dorset and Wiltshire charity that helps poorly young people and…

Some hospital appointments postponed during junior doctor strike

THE majority of hospital appointments will be postponed at some Dorset and Somerset hospitals during a strike by junior…

Ensuring local families are happy ones

May 15 was the International Day of Families and Community Action Network have chosen DorPIP to be their Community…

Care home on front foot for dementia

Six residents from a Dorset care home joined team members for a windy seafront walk in aid of charity…

New location for home’s memorial event

Forest Holme Hospice has announced details of its annual Tie A Yellow Ribbon annual memorial event which is returning…

Celebrating the world of art

Care homes across Dorset have chosen creative ways to celebrate visual art and culture. Residents at Colten Care homes in…

1700 care staff in county are autism trained

More than 1700 health and social care staff across the county have received new training to enable them to…

Solicitors focus minds on mental health

Mindful lawyers in Wimborne put their heads together to talk about ‘managing stressful conversations’ during Mental Health Awareness Week. They…

‘Dragons Den’ pitch is a roaring success

A pioneering proposal to set up a county-wide social support group for children who stammer, and their families, has…