Top up your Covid-19 Vaccination

Blandford Community Hospital is running a walk-in for Covid-19 vaccinations on Saturday and Sunday, 18/19 June 2022. Please check if there are other dates arranged.

https://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/our-services-hospitals/community-hospitals/blandford-community-hospital

The hospital details are;

 Address

Milldown Road
Blandford Forum
DT11 7DD

 Reception

01258 456541

 Matron

Helen Hunt

 Parking

Parking is available on-site and located at the rear of the hospital

The walk-in is signed from the side entrance going into the Out-Patients area.

Booking are also possible through the NHS Covid telephone number 119.

eConsult Changes – Blandford Group Practice

Message as advised from Stourpaine PC Clerk:

Changes to our e-Consult service

Due to significant demand across our sites, the Blandford Group Practice e-Consult service is now available Monday to Friday during the hours of 8am to 8pm.

This change will enable us to better balance how we deliver your care, and allow us to continue the life-saving COVID-19 booster programme.

We are still committed to offering patients appointments in the most appropriate way for them, be that face-to-face, by phone, or video chat.

If you require medical advice outside of practice opening hours, NHS 111 is always available online (111.nhs.uk) and by phone. Trained operators can direct you to the most appropriate service for your needs.

If you are in an emergency or life-threatening situation, please call 999.

Thank you for your continued patience as we work through these unprecedented times

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Help & Care – Training Workshops for Carers

Are you a carer?

Do you care for a family member of friend?

Caring for a family member or friend can be a rewarding and fulfilling experience. However it can also present challenges, especially when faced with new situations. Most carers at some point will need help and advice, so that the best care can continue to be given.

Help & Care in partnership with Dorset Healthcare will be running free informal training workshops during September 2015.

Please follow the link below for more information –

Help & Care Training Workshops 2015 to 2016

Dates for the remainder of 2015/16 are to follow

Find out more about how the NHS is working in Dorset

Local people can find out all about the state of NHS health care in the county at a series of events hosted by Dorset CCG in December. The events have been organised as part of the major review of NHS services being carried out by the CCG, the organisation responsible for planning and funding healthcare in Dorset.

The aim of the review, which was launched in October, is to ensure that everybody in Dorset has access to safe, high-quality health care, which makes the most of clinical advances and best practice, while being sustainable and affordable in the long-term. The review grew out of last summer’s Big Ask, a huge survey when the public was asked to tell us about their experiences of the NHS, what works well and what they thought needs to be changed.

The review has been gathering evidence which gives a detailed picture of NHS care in Dorset – everything from numbers of treatments and procedures provided for patients, predicted demand in the future, financial information and patients’ views and experiences. This evidence has been compiled into a ‘Case for Change’, setting out where there are challenges with current provision, and why local service provision needs to change in the future.

GPs and other clinicians will be using this evidence to consider what changes could be made to health services. However, no changes will be made without a full public consultation, which will take place in the summer of 2015.

Dr Forbes Watson, Chair of NHS Dorset CCG, the organisation leading the Review, said:

“I hope local people will take the opportunity to come along in December and hear about the evidence we have collected about patients’ needs, clinical performance and finances that demonstrate why changes to current services are essential. People told us what they thought of services in the Big Ask and now we want to show them our evidence about how health care is being delivered in Dorset. We want people to tell us if the Case for Change is clear and understandable, and if there is additional information that we need to consider.”

The three events will be held at:

  • The Barrington Centre, Ferndown, BH22 9TH 6pm – 8pm, Monday 8 December 2014,
  • The Exchange, Old Market Hill, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1FH 10am – 12pm, Wednesday 10 December 2014
  • Herrison Hall, Charlton Down, Dorchester, DT2 9UA 2.30pm – 4.30pm, Thursday 11 December 2014

To book a place at one of the events, please contact: 01305 368900 or email: involve@dorsetccg.nhs.uk

To find out more about Dorset’s Clinical Services Review, visit: www.dorsetsvision.nhs.uk

 

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DT11 Health and wellbeing Week

DT11 FORUM community partnership
DT11 FORUM
community partnership

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DT11 HEALTH AND WELLBEING WEEK 18 th – 20th SEPTEMBER

Health information fair Thursday 18 th – Friday 19th

Exhibitors, presentations and workshops in the Sealy Suite at the Crown Hotel. Guest speakers, including the Senior Cardiologist, Dorchester, Osteoporosis Dorset, the Childrens Centre, My Health My Way and Disability Wessex. Demonstrations including The Friendly Food Club, Everyone Active, Elemental Tai Chi and many others.

Get involved, get active, try something new Saturday 20th
A range of activities taking place across Blandford including kayaking,  bowls, cycling, walking and fun run with demonstrations and signposting continuing in the Sealy Suite in the morning.

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Patient Participation Week : 3-7 June 2013

PPWFind out more about joining your local Patient Group at one of these events:

  • SHERBORNE Grove Medical Centre, Monday 3rd, 10am – 3pm
  • BLANDFORD Eagle House Surgery & Whitecliff Surgery, Tuesday 4th, 9.00 am – 12.00pm
  • SHAFTESBURY Town Hall, Thursday 6th, 9.30am – 5.30pm

DID YOU KNOW? YOU CAN JOIN THE ‘VIRTUAL’ PATIENT GROUP AT
YOUR LOCAL PRACTICE BY SIMPLY PROVIDING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS!

For more about these events contact Keith Harrison, Patient & Public Involvement
Development Worker – 07825 691508 / Keith.Harrison@dorset-pct.nhs.uk

stourpaine.info | Stourpaine Community Services

Stourpaine

We are pleased to announce a new website page stourpaine.info | Stourpaine Community Services listing a large number of service providers for our community.

Typically, an image, and the title above it, opens a map of all the related services in Dorset; the detail under the image opens the particulars of the service.