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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…

Junior doctors are on strike until 7am on Saturday, December 23

NHS facing facing “significant disruption” during junior doctors’ strike

ROUTINE care NHS services in the south west are facing “significant disruption” this week as industrial action by…

Photo: Spencer Mulholland Photography. 

Paralysed patient walks again thanks to Stars Appeal equipment

A WOMAN left paralysed after a riding accident and told she’d never walk again, strode out of…

Naeem Haq presents Alabaré chairman, Malcolm Cassells with a cheque for £1,570

Salisbury eye clinic cyclists raise thousands for charity with coast trip

SARUM Vision recently completed its third annual bike ride to raise thousands of pounds for charity. A seven-man team form…

Imogen Sanders with mum Claire in the first campaign, left, and right, Imogen with sisters Clare Baggott and Ingrid Webb at Salisbury Hospital

Baby featured in first Stars Appeal fundraiser returns to Salisbury hospital

ALMOST two decades ago, the first ever fundraising campaign for the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal was launched. The appeal,…

AI is checking medical records to assess whether people need early health interventions

AI tech to identify vulnerable NHS patients in bid to prevent falls and hospital visits

AI technology is set to browse medical records in a bid to identify patients who may need support -…

The path, between the Main Entrance and Sarum Entrance, will be shut for three weeks. Picture: Salisbury Hospital

Salisbury Hospital footpath closed for three weeks

A FOOTPATH at Salisbury Hospital is being closed for three weeks. The path, between the Main Entrance and Sarum Entrance,…

Salisbury Hospital maternity staff with the new monitors and inset, new mum Michaela Cone with baby Rory. Pictures: Stars Appeal

Charity-funded baby monitors at Salisbury Hospital earn praise from new mum

“HAVING the latest monitors to see how your baby is doing and hearing their heartbeat while you’re waiting for…