Health & Wellbeing

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Dorset HealthCare staff hand over the £20,000 donation to Julia's House

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…

Salisbury Hospital is operating a 'bank holiday-level service' during a junior doctors' strike

Salisbury Hospital operating ‘bank holiday’ services during strike

SALISBURY Hospital is operating a ‘bank holiday-level service’ during a strike by junior doctors. The doctors have walked out until…

Salisbury Hospital is marking 80 years of care on the city site

Salisbury Hospital to host open day to mark 80th birthday

SALISBURY Hospital is hosting a ‘first in a generation’ open day this month. The facility is marking its 80th anniversary…

PM says promoting vapes to children is ‘ridiculous’

PM says promoting vapes to children is ‘ridiculous’

Speaking to ITV’s this morning, prime minister Rishi Sunak promised to look at ways to strengthen the marketing rules…

Reablement services help people become more independent in their own homes

Council’s reablement service celebrates its five-year anniversary

Wiltshire Council’s Reablement Service celebrated five years of providing innovative services on 22 May. The service supports people to achieve…

New cameras have been installed at Salisbury District Hospital car parks

Parking charges to return at Salisbury District Hospital: Here’s when

PARKING charges are to return at Salisbury Hospital – months after problems with the rollout of a camera system. Earlier…

Phil Harding and Salisbury’s mayor, Tom Corbin, vistited the stand

Cancer Support Salisbury has a successful day at The Big Help Out

Volunteers from local charity Cancer Support Salisbury spent the day on Bank Holiday Monday (8 May) involved in the…

Surgery AGM: GP patients seen ‘within two-weeks’

Surgery AGM: GP patients seen ‘within two-weeks’

A SURGERY AGM heard how GPs are aiming to see patients for appointments ‘within two weeks’. The recent Friends of…

Philippa in the new premises

Chiropractic clinic expands to new central Amesbury town centre site

Acorn Health, Amesbury’s award-winning chiropractic clinic has recently expanded to a new central location on Stonehenge Walk. Owned and run…

Shelley and Taylor

Family’s charity walk after staff at Salisbury hospital saved their son

“THEY saved his life.” And now a Fordingbridge family is taking part in the Stars Appeal’s Walk for Wards in…