The Blandford Group Practice

13/02/2026

For full details and to apply, please follow this link - https://uk.indeed.com/job/personal-assistant-senior-management-fb382a8f03241a57

13/02/2026

ChatHealth is a confidential text messaging service that enables children and young people (aged 11-19) in Dorset to send questions via text message to their school nursing team. They will then receive a reply that includes signposting to additional services.

The service is available Monday to Friday from 8.30am-4.30pm. This includes school holidays but not bank holidays.

If a child or young person sends a text outside these hours they will receive an automated message with advice on where to get help if they require it urgently. The ChatHealth nurse will reply to the message when the service re-opens.

The ChatHealth telephone number for children and young people aged 11-19 years old to text is 07480 635511.

https://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk/our-services-and-sites/children-young-people-and-families/school-nursing/chathealth-confidential-text-messaging-service-young-people

13/02/2026

If you're visiting Dorset next week for half term, plan ahead & know where to get help.

- Pack your medications & stay stocked
- Use NHS 111
- Local pharmacies can help with common issues
- In a crisis or life-threatening emergency, call 999 or go to A&E

www.staywelldorset.nhs.uk

12/02/2026

12/02/2026

📢 Don’t have an NHS or private dentist and need to see a dentist urgently? 🦷

Visit NHS 111 or phone 111 if you need urgent dental care. You do not need to be registered with an NHS dentist.

If you have a regular dentist, call them first before calling 111 or booking online through NHS 111: https://111.nhs.uk/

More information 👇

https://staywelldorset.nhs.uk/update/dental/

12/02/2026

Follow Dorset Maternity & Neonatal Voices to stay up to date about the new Healthier Together maternity website and other local maternity information.

Check out the new maternity webpages on Healthier Together: https://www.healthiertogether.nhs.uk/

11/02/2026

If you or someone else is experiencing a mental health crisis, call 111 and select the mental health option for 24-hour urgent advice and support.

Find out more: nhs.uk/UrgentMentalHealth

10/02/2026

Join us in Tuesday 24th February 10am - 12 noon at our next Wellbeing Event.

Our Digital Champion and Digital Coordinator will be upstairs in the Town Hall. If you need any help with your device, accessing Anima, or anything tech-related, feel free to pop in and see them.

Our Social Prescribing and Wellbeing Team will be there to meet you, along with the following services that have confirmed attendance to support our community:

Help and Care
Alzheimer's Society
Slimming World
In Jolly Good Company
Colton Carer
Dorset Blind
Parkinson's UK
Millbrook Health
Al Non
Sepsis Support
Dorset Mental Health Forum
Sovereign
Health & Activity
U3A
Stepping into Nature
Carer's Support Dorset
Health Watch
Patient Experience DCH
University Hospital Dorset
Weldmar Hospice
Ridgewater Energy

10/02/2026

National Apprenticeship Week is here! 🎉

Every year, the NHS welcomes around 27,000 apprentices across 350+ career paths – from nursing and paramedicine to data, business administration, estates & facilities and so much more.

Here in the South West, we’re proud to have more than 2,600 apprenticeships start in 2024/25💙

Apprenticeships give people the chance to earn, learn and make a difference, building Skills for Life that support long, meaningful NHS careers.

👉 Explore NHS apprenticeships:
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/study-and-training/nhs-apprenticeships

10/02/2026