The Coroner for Dorset is seeking the assistance of the public to find the next of kin of a man who lived in Sherborne.
Clifford Vodden, who was 71 years old, died at his home address in Durrant Close on Sunday 1 January 2023.
His death is not being treated as...
The number of people avoiding an NHS appointment because they can’t afford travel almost doubled between October and December as the cost of living crisis is forcing many to change how they use health and care services.Over a third (39%) of people say the changes they have made to...
Dorset Mind Ambassador and local Leisure and Hospitality Entrepreneur Ty Temel has teamed up with the charity once again to lead their fundraising challenges for 2023. Dorset Mind hopes that their varied programme of events will inspire people to reap the benefits of getting active on mental health – and raise vital funds to help them deliver local...
In terms of Westminster/England, but also the knock-on affect for Wales, the North of Ireland/Northern Ireland and Scotland in the current UK system, this is 100% correct. To be clear, it doesn’t matter at all whether you hate/love/don’t care about/are indifferent to Jeremy Corbyn, the end result is the...
Last year Jeremy Hunt, the ex Health Secretary and current Chancellor stated that he wants to eliminate the 150 avoidable deaths that occur in the NHS every week. Unlike death from diseases such as cancer or heart disease, these arise from basic medical error. Fix the errors and “every...
New app to help people eat the right portions to get to 5 a dayWhilst most people are aware of the 5-a-day message, studies show they are less aware of portion sizes and the need for variety.Official figures suggest that only a third of UK adults and 12% of...
Another death in my old network of survivors of serious mental illness. James and I hadn’t spoken for more than 10 years and he’s been gone a year… Still a bit of a shock I must say….
He would be roughly the 10th suicide I’ve known.
We’re often bloody rude about...
People with coughs and colds should avoid seeing elderly relatives to protect them from a surge in winter viruses, health officials have advised.
The message from experts is: if you feel unwell, stay at home.
The guidance was issued as Britons prepare for their least restricted Christmas since COVID curbs and subsequent guidance...
Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?
We danced and sang, and the music played in a de boomtown.
Perhaps it was never those halcyon days but one thing we do know is that come the Thatcher government of 1979 the idea that people could be anything...
A mother has challenged health secretary Steve Barclay during a hospital visit, telling him that NHS staff are being "worked to the bone".
Sarah Pinnington-Auld said her three-year-old daughter Lucy, who has cystic fibrosis, was pushed off the "absolutely horrific" waiting list at King's College Hospital in Denmark Hill, London,...
