Health & Wellbeing

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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…

Poet Martin Figura reading poem during the We Reflect service at Salisbury Cathedral in March 2022

Salisbury Cathedral service to mark 75 years of the NHS

THE 75th anniversary of the NHS – and the 80th anniversary of the opening of a US Army hospital…

The threat to vulnerable people from Covid-19 can be mitigated by having a spring booster, the Council says

Vulnerable people encouraged to spring into action and get boosted

Wiltshire Council is encouraging eligible people across the county to take up the offer of getting a COVID-19 booster…

Ilona Coryndon Burns

First multi-use wellness studios open in the heart of Salisbury

Salisbury’s first multi-use studio was officially opened on Saturday 29th April. Rafiki Studios will be the only multi-use double studio…

Volunteers, Friends and Practice Manager Michelle Raymond

Surgery meeting hears of two-week target for GP appointments

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