Health & Wellbeing

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Stars Appeal Walk for Wards 2024: How you can sign up

PEOPLE are being urged to put their best feet forward in aid of Salisbury Hospital’s Stars Appeal. The charity has…

Nursing course to be launched at Salisbury college

NURSING care training and education will be offered in Salisbury from September. Wiltshire College and University Centre is launching a…

Residents enjoying flower arranging at Moors Manor care home

Blooming good time at care home to mark flower day

RESIDENTS at a St Leonards care home had a blooming marvellous time on International Flower Day. The occasion, on Friday…

Members of the Rockbourne Fair Committee present the donation to Stars Appeal President, the Earl of Pembroke, and Stars Appeal Hospital Ambassadors outside the Neonatal Unit at Salisbury District Hospital. Picture: Spencer Mulholland

2023 Rockbourne Fair raised more than £51,000 for Stars Appeal

THE 2023 Rockbourne Fair raised more than £50,000 for the Salisbury hospital Stars Appeal. Organisers of the event, which…

Salisbury Reds has chosen the Stars Appeal as its good cause for 2024 and 2025

Salisbury Reds bus firm backing Stars Appeal for 2024 and 2025

THE Stars Appeal – the Salisbury District Hospital Charity – has rolled into 2024 with good news from a…

The BMA says the latest pay offer is still a 'real-terms pay cut'. Picture: BMA

Junior doctors’ strike set to hit NHS services this week

INDUSTRIAL action by junior doctors could bring about “one of the most difficult starts to the year” for health…

Work by staff at Salisbury hospital has seen the number of falls drop

Number of patient falls at Salisbury hospital tumbles

PATIENT falls at Salisbury hospital have dropped by more than half – beating a target to cut the number…

Ambulance trust urges people to ‘help us to help you’ over busy period

PEOPLE are being urged to do their bit to help the ambulance service this Christmas as it prepares for…

Day Lewis in Wareham; The Abbey Pharmacy in Sherborne; Boots in Frome and Rowlands in Salisbury are open on Christmas Day

Pharmacies open on Christmas Day in Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire

A NUMBER of pharmacies are opening on Christmas Day for those in need of advice and medication. Below is a…

Wiltshire Council supported housing Golden Lane Salisbury.jpg Mike Ranson, commercial director of NCG, director of development at NCG Belinda Robinson, development officer of Golden Lane Housing Helen Ferguson, resident Scott, head of referrals at NCG Samantha Marshall, resident Andrew and Richard Clewer, leader of Wiltshire Council

Salisbury bungalow refurbished to offer homes to people with learning disabilities

A REFURBISHED bungalow in Salisbury is now home to adults with learning disabilities – helping them live more independent…