Healthwatch Dorset marks Volunteers’ Week
The event runs until 8 June and gives volunteers the chance to get together and enjoy a fun challenge and afternoon tea.
The event runs until 8 June and gives volunteers the chance to get together and enjoy a fun challenge and afternoon tea.
The report from Healthwatch Dorset has found that residents in Boscombe are concerned about lack of access to health and social care services.
NHS Dorset has asked Healthwatch Dorset to independently evaluate patient experiences in urgent and emergency healthcare settings.
Research from Healthwatch England found that not all GP practices comply with the requirement to provide six to eight-week postnatal checks.
No NHS dentists in Dorset are taking new adult patients and many dentists are now only accepting patients who can pay privately.
Organised by University Hospitals Dorset’s governors, a number of local organisations will be giving information at the talk.
Only three of county’s 99 NHS registered dental practices are taking on new adult patients and only 13 accepting children as new patients.