News and Events
From April 2013 there have been a number of national changes to the structure of healthcare.
National changes mean that from 1 April 2013 other organisations will be responsible for the work that is currently carried out by NHS Bournemouth and Poole and NHS Dorset.
Members of NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (the CCG) have received assurance that they are well placed to take on their statutory role of commissioning healthcare for Dorset’s 750,000 residents from April 2013
The NHS Bournemouth and Poole and NHS Dorset Telehealth project team are celebrating having successfully signed up their 200th user of the Homepod Telehealth system.
On Saturday 1 December 2012, Australia will become the first country to legislate the plain packaging and standardisation of tobacco products.
Local cancer support organisations are seeking a Community Choir Director to lead a new group specifically for cancer patients and carers in Dorset.
The NHS Dorset Personal Health Budget and Finance Team has won a prestigious Health Service Journal Efficiency Award (HSJ) for their introduction of Personal Health Budgets across the county.
NHS Dorset is pleased to announce that Virgin Care has been awarded status of preferred provider for the medical and community services at Lyme Regis Medical Centre on Uplyme Road, Lyme Regis.
The new body responsible for planning and funding many local health services from April 2013 has made key appointments to its governing body.
One recent example of their work is the uncovering of an elaborate fraud which involved an individual falsely obtaining prescription drugs over a period lasting nearly two years.
Dorset CCG has published a summary of some of the work they have been involved with over the past 6 months. The document shows how members of the CCG have been working with the PCT to develop the new organisation as well as preparing to take on its commissioning role in April.
The Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is asking for the views of local people on proposals for improvements to older people’s mental health services in east Dorset.
