It has come to our attention that Dorset CCG claim that our statistics of 183 per year likely to die if the downgrading of Poole A&E and Poole Maternity goes ahead is not based on any research.
This could not be further from the truth: these are based on a...
Local Charity Embarks on Game Changing ‘Dorset Mind Your Head’ Campaign
 Bournemouth, Dorset. Monday 8th October. Following a successful pilot programme, pioneering local mental health charity, Dorset Mind, has launched a new education and support programme today called Dorset Mind Your Head that aims to help children and young people live a life that...
Please take time to read Emma's thread. Extraordinarily enlightening and terrifying.
https://twitter.com/TheMendozaWoman/status/1049228496713736192
Countrymen UK and Future Roots have been chosen as a finalist in the Sustainable Health and Care Awards 2018.
The awards highlight the sustainable development work across the NHS, social care and public sector, providing organisations, teams and individuals with the opportunity to showcase and celebrate their projects.
Countrymen UK...
Healthwatch wants to know more about you and your partner’s experience of mental health support during pregnancy, at the birth of your child and afterwards.
Did you know? As many as 1 in 5 pregnant women and new mums experience some form of mental health challenge. And, it’s not just...
We were very shocked to hear today that our case was not upheld at Judicial Review.
We were at the Hearing and we repeatedly witnessed the CCG being unable to respond to the genuine concerns that we raised.
Risk to Dorset Residents
This Judgement does nothing to address the clinical risk to...
Journeying after Alice and stopping by for a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, children from Julia’s House, the Dorset and Wiltshire children’s hospice charity, have celebrated Afternoon Tea Week at Compton Acres.
Children from Julia’s House, alongside their families and carers, have been given a chance to follow in the footsteps of Alice, the White...
I’ve recently read on the internet about something called ‘cough CPR’. The article claimed that if I have a heart attack and then do this, it could save my life. Is it true?
Senior Cardiac Nurse Christopher Allen says:
The absolute priority when you think you or someone else is having...
On the 22nd of November 2017 my dad Charles Kenneth Roy Wheeler of Wimborne Dorset known as Roy went in for surgery. On December 2nd 2017 after 10 days in critical care my dad and husband of Barbara Wheeler passed away. This resulted in a coroners inquest because of...
Salter Mediation, the locally based business mediation specialists, has linked up with Dorset Mind to support the local mental health charity and help them raise funds.
For a period of three months starting on 1st August, Brendan Salter has agreed to donate 50% of his standard mediation fees to the...
