With coronavirus cases easing and in line with national guidance, Salisbury District Hospital has partially lifted its visitor restrictions. From today, Tuesday 13 April, patients will be able to have a daily visitor …

More local community testing facilities will be available in north Dorset from Monday 29 March for all eligible residents, Public Health Dorset has announced. This includes a mobile testing unit visiting Gillingham each …

The High Sheriff of Dorset has presented Gillingham with a special certificate in recognition of the town’s community spirit and actions at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Mr George Streatfeild …

A vaccination clinic is being held this Saturday, 20 March, at The Exchange in Sturminster Newton for Gillingham residents who had their first Covid-19 jab in early Janauary. A spokesperson for Gillingham Medical …

The Gillingham Medical Practice says that it has given the Covid vaccine to 10.3 percent of its patients within just two weeks. ‘This is of course in addition to us continuing with “business …

This year the Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show is to take place over two days for the first time in its history to ensure safety for the public, exhibitors and competitors. The event, which …

Salisbury District Hospital is to postpone some routine operations because of the pressures it is facing from the Covid epidemic. In an open letter, Stacey Hunter, chief executive of the Salisbury NHS Foundation …

More than a thousand local patients and NHS workers received their Covid-19 vaccination on Saturday 9 January at Sturminster Newton Medical Centre. Approximately 300 patients aged 80-plus from Gillingham Medical Practice were amongst …

Dorset Police has urged residents across the county to be aware of a Covid vaccine-related scam. Residents have been sent a text purporting to be from a NHS body or similar informing the …