The government is telling us to stay at home and "protect the NHS".
John's film spells out the reason why the NHS has been overwhelmed by the impact of the coronavirus: the lack of resources which are the direct result of the policies of the last ten years and the devastation...
Dr Bob Gill speaks to Jeremy Corbyn as he prepares to step down as Leader of the Labour Party. Their conversation reveals how the NHS has been undermined over decades by consecutive governments to achieve the ultimate goal of privatisation.
Mr Corbyn explains the threats the NHS has faced...
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This research is led by Dr Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London and director of TwinsUK a...
Important information regards to Covid-19 locally.
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Good news! 174 people have recovered in Bournemouth and Poole hospitals. Patients who have recovered at Dorset County or in our Community Hospitals are not included in this figure.
Sadly 107 people have died across the County: 44 in RBH, 31 in Poole, 23 in DCH and 9 in the...
A coronavirus patient is on the road to recovery after spending a week in intensive care at Dorset County Hospital.
Malcolm Cumber, 60, from Dorchester, was admitted to DCH via the Emergency Department at the end of March after suffering from intense fatigue and shortness of breath.
After not...
Britain must be better prepared for "further waves" of coronavirus, with MPs told the government was "too slow" to respond to the current outbreak.
Parliament's Health and Social Care Committee was told by leading physician Professor Anthony Costello that the country must face up to the "harsh reality" that it...
The official data reveals that the combined total of Covid-19 cases in Dorset is now at 241. That is 126 within the jurisdiction of Dorset council and 115 within the jurisdiction of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council.
Although relatively low compared to many other parts of the country we must...
We are all spending much more time than we normally do within our home boundary due to Coronavirus.
This means we are spending more time with the people we live with and also those who live close by, our neighbours
Bonfires
With an enforced stay at home and a bout of good...
To: Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group, Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
From: Defend Dorset NHS, Save Portland Beds, Keep Portland Hospital
In this crisis there is an urgent need for hospital beds, and the NHS has had to request to use private-sector hospital beds to look after coronavirus patients.
Yet we have...
