Health and Well Being - Dorset West

Bailey’s story shared for Young Carers Action Day on 16th March It’s Young Carers Action Day on 16th March and Carer Support Dorset are raising awareness by sharing the story of one of our sister charities former young carer Bailey, who went from a young adult carer to a job working with us to support carers themselves. Across the UK, thousands of young people...

According to Nursing Notes patients will be allowed to see and be assessed by a GP but they won’t be handed a prescription and instead signposted to where to buy medicated products. People who receive free prescriptions, such as those on a low-income or pregnant, will not automatically be exempt from...

Defend Dorset NHS   The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP Secretary of State for Health and Social Care 39 Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU 27th November 2018   Dear Secretary of State   Evidence of Risk to Life: Dorset Council’s referral of Dorset CCG’s Clinical Services Review: letter from Bournemouth Council   I write following Councillor d’Orton-Gibson’s letter to you of...

What would you do if you needed to call the police, but were trapped in a situation in which speaking or making any noise would be dangerous? It’s a terrifying thought, and I genuinely hope nobody reading this ever finds themselves in that scenario. Thankfully, the Silent Solutions procedure was put...

The launch of FORM. The Sculpture Exhibition at Sculpture by the Lakes has wowed art lovers, with well over 200 sculptures on display across the 26-acre Dorset sculpture park. Striking and varied works by more than 30 top sculptors have been installed across this idyllic open-air setting, with more than 100 monumental...

The five healthy habits: not smoking having a body mass index between 18.5 and 25 taking at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day having no more than one 150ml glass of wine a day for women, or two for men having a diet rich in items such...

A man who sustained serious injuries in a collision on the B3157 Coast Road in West Dorset has sadly died. Dorset Police received a report at 2.03pm on Sunday 1 September 2019 of a collision involving a silver Honda motorcycle travelling east and a black BMW 1 Series travelling in...

Healthwatch Dorset are holding a week of events in Bridport from 20th August to find out more about local health & care services.  Joyce Guest, Chair of Healthwatch Dorset, explains: "We're planning a week full of events to promote Healthwatch in and around Bridport. We'll be out talking to local people about health &...

A clear explanation as to why health tourism is not the problem. The problem is, what 'Mr I want a privatised insurance based NHS Farage' refuses to acknowledge, is underfunding and profit based companies taking over important health care services. Farage is a blokey fake news merchant who feeds...

Doctors are being forced into 'Primary Care Networks' by May 15th 2019. PCNs are the latest deceptive acronym devised to disguise that they are based on the American model of Health Maintenance Organisations designed to maximise corporate profit by DENYING CARE to patients using DOWN-SKILLED staff doing doctors work, This is...