Enjoy a safe and healthy barbecue
Disposable barbecues are illegal on heathland. You should only light fires or barbecues in designated areas or in your own garden.
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Public Health Dorset encourages residents to use Test and Trace system
The new NHS Test and Trace system launched on Thursday 28 May across England, and Public Health Dorset is encouraging any residents with symptoms of coronavirus to use the service.
Local people support Wimborne’s hospital
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Friends of Victoria Hospital Wimborne have postponed the annual general meeting which was to have been held on Thursday 16 July at the Community Learning and Resource Centre in Wimborne.
Huge community support for local hospitals
The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital’s NHS Heroes campaign has received donations amounting to £259,701 since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Emergency hotel care scheme closes
Two Dorset hotels – The Best Western Hotel Rembrandt on Dorchester Road in Weymouth and the Grange Hotel at Oborne, near Sherborne – which offered accommodation for people not affected by coronavirus and who were medically fit to leave hospital, are no longer required.
Avon Heath, Durlston, Moors Valley and Thorncombe Woods country parks to re-open
The four country parks managed by Dorset Council are re-opening to the public next week.
Wimborne Hospital caring for COVID-19 patients
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in changes to services at Wimborne’s Victoria Hospital and St Leonard’s Hospital.
Genetics study into COVID-19 at Poole Hospital
Poole Hospital is where the first patients have been recruited to take part in a new ground-breaking national COVID-19 genectics study.
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance COVID-19 ready
Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance is now fully prepared and available to treat and convey patients by air, including those with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 illness. This follows new guidance issued by Public Health England (PHE) a few days ago.
Government advises wearing face coverings in enclosed public spaces
If social distancing isn’t possible, or in circumstances where you’re more likely to come into contact with people you don’t normally meet, for example on public transport or in some shops, then if you can, the government advises that you wear face coverings.